KENZIE DUET CHILLED RED 2024

Winery notes (2024 Vintage)
"Duet is a play between light and shade. Here we utilise white wine (light) and red wine (shade) techniques to create a blend that has excellent balance and freshness. Each style highlights the strengths of the other.

A chilled light red perfect for summer. Intense colour belies the light techniques. A brooding earthy, savoury character with a touch of fresh herbs is followed by blackberry, dark cherry and pepper. A smokiness starts the palate, and black plum, lavender and rosemary take over. A dry, crisp and fresh red wine with a beautiful subtlety of flavour and fine tannin. Only 1586 bottles produced.

The Syrah was 80% destemmed and 20% whole bunch fermented, adding a lick of herbaceousness. The fruit was tipped into an open fermenter and gently hand plunged as it progressed through natural ferment for only 10 days. It was then pressed to old barrels for malolactic ferment and ageing.

The Merlot was treated like a white wine and pressed directly to old barrels on full solids. A natural ferment kicked off after a week, and after its completion the wine was topped and allowed to go through MLF.

Both parcels were aged at low temperatures for 3 months then racked and blended to finish ageing in tank together. No fining or filtration. Minimal sulphur was added two weeks before bottling."