Press
Now this is serious on the nose - I'm tempted to make comparisons with Hermitage here! Great intensity and lovely silky texture but serious depth. Bravo! This is very clever, because it could be enjoyed already and yet it clearly has one heck of a long way to go. Meaty, dense and manly - a great lesson in the Syrahness of Syrah. Lip smackingly good. Luscious texture. 18/20
Jancis Robinsonwww.jancisrobinson.com
Gerard Jaboulet, from that famed Rhone estate, provided some of the vine cuttings and much of the inspiration for a wine that is dedicated to his memory. Strongly spicy Syrah with dense, sweet fruit forming a solid core. The wine offers an impressive array of flavours. In addition to the black pepper and star anise there is violets, toast, coffee, blackcurrants and plum. Big but supple with impressive potential. A relatively high proportion of Viognier adds to the wine’s elegance and lifted aromatics. 19.5/20 5 Stars,
Decanter Magazine
Winemaking
The handpicked grapes were hand-sorted, then gently destemmed without crushing leaving a large portion of uncrushed berries. Fermentation took place in an open top stainless steel fermenter and the cap was hand plunged four times daily for optimum color and tannin extraction. A short post- fermentation maceration helped complex the tannins. The wine was subsequently aged in new French oak barriques. Malolactic fermentation took place in tank before going to barrel. Regular racking for clarification took place during aging in barrel. The wine was blended after 16 months oak aging.
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