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Shop/ 2023 Clare Valley Light Red - 2L2023 Clare Valley Light Red - 2L
Bright & Light Red - fresh, crisp and super easy drinking
Varieties: 50% Grenache & 50% Vermentino
Vineyard: Gullyview Vineyard, Watervale - Clare Valley
Soil type: Terra Rosa - Red Clay on limestone
Picking date: March 18 & 20, 2023
Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard
Processing: Grenache: Cold soaking for between 1 & 5 days before destemming. Vermentino: partial destem to fermentor for maceration, partial tank ferment
Time on skins: Gren: 1-5 days. Verm 7 days
Pressing: Free run and pressings combined
Settling: Settled for dirt for 24 hours
Fermentation: Gren: Natural ferment in 2000L foudre for 3 weeks. Verm: Natural ferment in steel for 2 - 3 weeks
Ageing Vessel: Stainless steel tanks for 4 months on fine lees
Filtration: Sterile
Fining: No
Alc: 12.3%
pH: 3.5
TA: 5.5
SO2: 27 free / 41 total
Production: 1500 2L boxes