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