Our limited release Gippsland Pinot Noir - part of Ray's Pinot Coast terroir exploration in 2018. Currently being poured at Farmer's Daughter - Limited stock available.
Grenache (60%) Morvedre & Syrah. Cool fermented in large open top wooden fermenters with wild yeast for 20 days. No maceration just gentle pigeage and hand plunging. Pressed off with pressings included, settled then transferred into 500L 2 year old French Oak puncheons for 11 months.
El Matador, being the slayer of the bull, is a powerful character with sanguine characteristics. The wine mirrors the muse, with great power, sublime structure and savouriness. Dark plum, sun dried prunes and black olives with hints of raspberry and dried rose petal. It has a ferrous aspect with a dense powerful core, gentle tannins and very long finish.
"..Mineral with pure, black cherries, incense and floral notes Structured and savoury on the palate, this tightly wound wine feels, at the moment, as if it's carved out of stone."
"This is exceptionally dry and bunchy and for those reasons and for the fruit flavours themselves I love it. Talk about savouriness writ large. Mescal, peanut shells, woodsmoke, peppers and sweet black cherry characters put on quite a show..." TWF
From a cooler year that produced beautiful quality Shiraz. This wine is a pure expression of the rich fruit and spicy aromatics of Australian shiraz as well as the development of the savouriness and texture reminiscent of Syrah. A truly delicious wine.
The wine has notes of red satsuma plum interlaced with black tea, cardamom, sichuan pepper. Medium bodied with a lacey delicate tannin structure and significant length.
The best examples of Gamay entice with crunchy red and blue fruits, with aromatic characters reminiscent of forest bushes. This is our third Gamay wine produced from the vineyard at Lethbridge, we were very excited to make it and hope you discover some of the characteristics we described above, but mostly we hope you enjoy drinking it.
