All Saints Estate Durif 2016
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.
New and old oak barriques and puncheons for 18 months and it was bottled in December 2016.
Ripe fruit flavours and a structural tannin finish.
The fruit was destemmed and crushed into our old 7 tonne fermenters before being inoculated with yeast for fermentation. Hand plunging was done three times a day during the early stages of fermentation, then reduced to two per day till the ferment was finished. Pressing was then done using our 130 year old hand-cranked wooden basket press, this gentle press allows us to get all the wine out but not over extract the tannins.