2023 GSM

A blended wine, medium bodied in style, with spice, violets and ripe red fruits, with a silky & soft finish.

• Colour: Magenta coloured intensity with dark red and slight pink hues
• Aromas: This GSM displays enticing aromas of ripe cherries, violets and raspberries.
• Palate: Flavoursome palate of generous fruits with a silky and soft finish. An overall crowd pleaser !

Cooler growing and ripening season, above average rainfall during the growing season, produced wines with more elegance and grace. The latest ripening season on record, giving fruit more hang time, resulting in wines with perfect acidity and tannin balance and fruit purity. 2023 wines will need patience and cellaring will reward.

All 3 varieties were vinified separate, aged separate, and blend just prior to bottling. Each variety was crushed and destemmed to an open top fermenter, where cooling was employed throughout the fermentation between 18-28oC. There was two pump overs and one hand plunge every day to optimise flavour, colour and tannin extraction. After 5-7 days of primary fermentation, the fermented wine was then gently Basket Pressed to a settling tank for 2 days, where it was then racked to new and older French oak barrels to undergo Malolactic fermentation. 10 months barrel aging, all older French oak.

• Alcohol: 15.0%
• Residual Sugar: 0g/l
• Volume: 750ml
• Closure: Screw cap