2019 Classico Red Wine

A classic Clare Valley Red Wine – dark fruits, velvet, amazing length

Varieties: 80% Cabernet Sauvignon and 20% Malbec

Vineyard: Parish Vineyard. Farmed organically since 2019

Planted: 1998 & 2010

Picking dates: 19 February & 2 March

Soil type: Red clay on limestone

Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard

Processing: Destemmed retaining 50% whole berries with no whole bunch

Fermentation: Natural ferment in open top steel fermenters, hand plunged twice daily

Time on skins: 3 weeks

Pressing: Free run and pressings combined

Settling: Settled off gross lees for 7 days

Aging vessel: Slavonian and French Demi-muid for 10 months, then racked to steel for 2 months

Filtration: no

Fining: no

Alc: 14.1%

pH: 3.71

TA: 5.2

SO2: 38F, 62T

Production: 130 dozen