Tempranillo Vintage notes
Three hundred vines in five short rows planted November 2008
Three hundred vines in five short rows planted November 2008
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2014
Bud burst 22 September 2012 Hand picked 24 March 2013 Availability Sold out 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 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 sold out 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 few left 2018 Bud burst 29 September (wet winter) Hand picked 17 March Entered Oak barrel 24 April (Tammy) Availability 2020/2021 2019 Seriously hot dry summer. with no irrigation vines were unhappy and volumes were very low although intense concentrated flavours Bud burst 15 September Hand picked 17 March (yes really same date) Entered Oak barrel 23 April (Kate) Availability 2021 |
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 |
