Black with currant red flashes. Fragrant nose displaying sweet red berries with plum and mulberry highlights. Spicy and fruit driven with freshly cut plums along with dark cherry flavours. Soft, savoury tannins and good acid add structure and length to this voluptuous wine. Well-integrated oak provides the perfect backbone with tannins and acid all melting into one another.
Carefully selected parcels of fruit were selected from the Watervale region in the Clare Valley. We picked in the evening and decided to macerate over night and crush the fruit early the next morning. The wine was fermented in older French barrels, and left to age in oak before we selected only the best barrels of the vintage for inclusion in the final six blend then the wine was blended and bottled with minimal fining or filtration.
Vintage: 2022
Region: Clare Valley
Cellaring: Drink now or cellar mid term
Alcohol Content: 14%
Awards
95 Point Rated - Australian Wine Showcase
94 Point Rated & 5 Stars - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
"It's superbly ripe and complex, showing dark berry, cake spice, roasted hazelnut and dried flower aromas, leading to a wonderfully flavoursome palate displaying terrific richness combined with fleshy texture and beautifully infused tannins. Generous and plush, offering gorgeous drinking. At its best: now to 2037. $65.00. www.olssens.com.au. Feb 2024."
