Description
AROMA
Shows lifted perfume and fragrance with forward, pure fruit.
PALATE
The palate is full-bodied and the tannins are fine and long.
VINIFICATION
Hand-picked, 20% whole bunch, 30% destemmed and berry sorted, 50% crushed to open top fermenters. Cold soaked. A gentle maceration principle of wetting the cap and only draining and returning when reductive. Approximately 3 weeks on skins. No pressings used and drained directly to barrel. Kept on lees in 30% new French oak puncheons, with remaining volume in 1 to 2 year puncheon for 10 months. Racked and blended. Further matured in older 25 hL foudré and a concrete 18 hL egg for 8 months.
VINTAGE NOTES
The growing season was affected by a very hot spring, leading to the lowest yields on our record. When the grapes started their ripening process in January, the weather miraculously cooled to a very mild ripening season. This resulted in wonderful concentration of flavour, retention of natural acidity and brightness of fruit, delivering wines with beautiful finesse and balanced tannins.
Shows lifted perfume and fragrance with forward, pure fruit.
PALATE
The palate is full-bodied and the tannins are fine and long.
VINIFICATION
Hand-picked, 20% whole bunch, 30% destemmed and berry sorted, 50% crushed to open top fermenters. Cold soaked. A gentle maceration principle of wetting the cap and only draining and returning when reductive. Approximately 3 weeks on skins. No pressings used and drained directly to barrel. Kept on lees in 30% new French oak puncheons, with remaining volume in 1 to 2 year puncheon for 10 months. Racked and blended. Further matured in older 25 hL foudré and a concrete 18 hL egg for 8 months.
VINTAGE NOTES
The growing season was affected by a very hot spring, leading to the lowest yields on our record. When the grapes started their ripening process in January, the weather miraculously cooled to a very mild ripening season. This resulted in wonderful concentration of flavour, retention of natural acidity and brightness of fruit, delivering wines with beautiful finesse and balanced tannins.
2019 Hickinbotham Brooks Road Shiraz 750ml