One man band 2018

Cool climate peppery spice, grippy tannins, with layers of bramble and black cherry fruit

VINTAGE NOTES Whilst 2018 experienced a cool winter to enable good vine dormancy, the rainfall was below average and followed similar conditions felt in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Sunny weather during budding led to even budding. Dry and windy conditions during spring and late spring resulted in very uneven flowering. As a result, berry set was uneven leading to some smaller berries that have good concentration of flavours. Despite dry growing conditions, unusually cool December and January slowed down ripening whilst some late rain in January helped nourish the soils and more importantly, helped the vine focus on grape ripening. The net result of the drier year is that the grapes had low pH, high natural acidity, achieved steady phenolic ripeness and plenty of intense fruit flavours. For us, 2018 is a very exciting vintage. This can be attributed to exceptional vintage conditions, but we are also starting to see the value of vineyard maturity leading to enhanced complexity and concentration in the wines