Yarra Valley Syrah Carignan Grenache

Wine Details

• Region Yarra Valley, Victoria
• Vintage 2020
• Type Red Wine
• Variety Syrah, Carignan, Grenache
• Vegan Friendly ✔
• Volume 750ml
• Alcohol Volume 14%
• PH

  3.61

• Standard Drinks 8.3
• Acidity

  6.0 g/L

• Closure ScrewCap
• Bottling Date

  DECEMBER 2021

• Harvest Date

  March 2020

• Background

  Yarra Valley

• Vintage Notes

  2020 was a particularly challenging vintage across much of Australia, but we were very lucky here in the Yarra Valley. It was a bit of a rollercoaster - with a cool, wet Spring, a dry December and then a mild February, punctuated by a few significant rain events... Harvest weather was moderate and stable as we went into a classic Indian summer. The Syrah, Carignan and Grenache were highly perfumed, rich and ripe.

• Vineyard Notes

  Tarraford and Sexton Vineyards

• Winemaking

  The Syrah comes from the Sexton and Tarraford Vineyards, the Carignan and the Grenache are grown at the Tarraford Vineyard.The Syrah is predominantly the Red Dog 67 clone that we have propagated from our original block 2 vines – that clone is unique to Tarraford and carries a special perfume. Each variety and parcel is fermented separately in small open vats with varying degrees of whole bunch and whole berry fermentation, before being matured in large and small oak for 18 months.The final blend was completed in the Spring of 2021 and left in tank to settle and come together until bottling just before Christmas, by gravity, no fining, no filtration.This blend is inspired by the band of fresh delicious early drinking reds being produced in the cool regions of Australia.