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Tempranillo
Tempranillo Vintage notes
Three hundred vines in five short rows planted November 2008
2014
Bud burst 22 September 2012
Hand picked 24 March 2013
Availability Sold out
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2015
Bud burst 02 September 2014
Veraison underway and nets placed February 17 2014
Hand picked 28 march 2015
Entered Oak barrel May 2015 (Tammy Jane)
Availability Sold out
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2016
We are hoping for a special vintage here after one of the longest and hottest summers on record producing really high brix (sugar) levels. We changed the process this year moving the wine into oak barrels earlier than before allowing it to age naturally in the barrel for longer than the previous vintages.
​Bud burst 02 September 2015
Veraison underway and nets placed February 19 2015
Hand picked 
24 March 2016
Entered Oak barrels 22 May 2016 (Tammy Jane, Iris Lilian)
Availability On sale now 

​2017
​Any vineyard will remember 2017. We were fortunate that we were small enough to pick the one day it didn't rain. Many weren't so fortunate. 

Bud burst 22 September 2016
Hand picked 01 April 2017
Entered Oak barrel 25 June (kate)
Availability winter 2018


2018
Bud burst 29 September (wet winter)
Hand picked 
Entered Oak barrel 
Availability 


FRENCH OAK BARRELS
​We use 228 l barrels from Tonnelerie Rousseau and 350l barrels from Tonnelleri billion.
 
Tonnelerie Rousseau
Since its creation in 1954, the Rousseau cooperage has always based its strength on the same strong values: maintaining tradition, the love of a job well done, the constant pursuit for quality, which led, a to the ISO 22000 and PEFC accreditations. It is no coincidence that the cooperage trained 10 Best Craftsmen of France including Julien Rousseau, the founder, his son Jean-Marie and his grandson Jean-Christophe.
 
We use two types 
Piano
Double toasting method ML
No intended complex woodiness
with this type of toasting.
Accentuates fruitiness, style and soil.
Underlines fruitiness, develops freshness.
Dynamic end notes in the palate.

Allegro
Double toasting method M+
Developed empyreumatic aromas
(roasted coffee - toasted bread- mocha)
Oak extraction encouraging wood/wine exchanges of tannin and aromatic
agents.
A harmonious blended character, with slight toasted notes.
Supple and full bodied tannins
Neutralises undesirable molecules
 
Tonnelleri billion
Billon barrels have received the CTB (Centre Technique du Bois) stamp of approval, which guarantees to wineries and consumers around the world that these barrels meet the highest standards of quality in the industry. Of the more than 40 cooperages in France, only 8 cooperages have been certified by CTB.

The barrels are given names in the French tradition from the ladies of the family.

Jaqueline Laura      2015 TR allegara 228L
Ida May     Piano 2012 228L
Tammy Jane    2015 TR allegara 228L
Iris Lilian   2015 TR allegara 228L
Kathleen Mary Anne NMLTH 2013 350L
Angela Anne NMLTH 2013 350L
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