All Saints Estate Durif 2014
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The local hero of Rutherglen, durif is perfectly suited to the region’s long, dry, mild climate, allowing for intense, rich fruit flavour development. This premium red is full of classic spice, black pepper, plum and mulberry. It’s dense full flavour, rich, smooth tannins and elegant oak make it a perfect partner for hearty winter dishes. Try it with rich beef fillets, lamb stews, steak and kidney pie or strongly flavoured cheeses.
This is a great wine to cellar if you have the patience. Give it 5-8 years, but make sure you decant before serving as it will throw some sediment.
Lifted berry aromatics.
100% Durif
Maturation was in both new and old barriques and puncheons for 18 months and was bottled in November 2015.
Soft palate with full flavours and Durif like dense structure.
The fruit was destemmed and crushed in our old 7 tonne fermenters before inoculation with yeast for fermentation. Hand plunging took place three times a day during during the early stages of fermentation, then reduced to two per day until the ferment was finished. Pressing was done using our 130 year old wooden basket press, this gentle method of pressing allows us to get all the wine out but not over extract the tannins.
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