Varieties: 71% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Cabernet Franc, 8% Carignan & 7% Malbec 

Vineyard: Vivian, Parish & Gullyview Vineyards

Planted: 1980 - 2000

Soil type: Red clay on limestone, 'Terra Rossa'

Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard

Processing: Destemmed retaining ~ 50% whole berries, no whole bunch

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

Time on skins: 2 weeks

Pressing: Free run and pressings combined

Settling: Settled off gross lees for 7 days

Aging vessel: Slavonian oak foudre for 18 months, then racked to steel for 4 months

Filtration: No

Fining: No

Alc: 13.1% 

pH: 3.59

TA: 5.7

SO2: 30F, 60T

Production: 1100 dozen