L’ASSEMBLAGE ROUGE 2022 – YARRA VALLEY
$37.00 inc. GST
Composition no 1 : 50% Pinot and 50 % Syrah, hand harvested on 13 & 27 March 2022.
Aromatic, fruit driven, medium bodied wine. Spicy notes, white pepper, raspberry and morello cherry including nutmeg and cinnamon. A vibrant, complex mouthfeel with generosity from the Syrah.
Winemaking:
Pinot: 25% whole bunch carbonic maceration, 75 % cold maceration of whole berries. Combined for alcoholic fermentation. One week maceration after alcoholic fermentation prior to press.
Syrah:15% whole bunch carbonic maceration, 85% cold maceration of whole berries. Combined for alcoholic fermentation. Ten days maceration after alcoholic fermentation prior to press.
After pressing, the wine was stored in barrels for malolactic fermentation and then aged on lees for nine months. Blended together in tank for one month to ensure natural clarification prior to bottling.
No filtration, minimal sulphur used at bottling.
Total production: 1,500 bottles
Variety: 50 % Pinot 50 % Syrah
Alcohol: 13%
