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Three Italian grape varieties, from five vintages, all grown on Felton Road in Central Otago… now that's something different! This is the fourth release of this wine that speaks of Central Otago but with a distinct Italian accent. Impressive in every way from the beautiful fruit, juicy texture to the bottle it comes in. A special release indeed.
Winery notes (4th Release – Multi Vintage – 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
"Delicately perfumed, it has a mix of bright florals, red berries, cherries and spice on the palate. With supple tannins and a backbone of vibrant acidity, this is a graceful, high energy and harmonious wine.
Made in barrel – primarily neutral oak, as the fruit itself provides lovely tannin. Experiments with oak have led us to a mix of 90% French and 10% Virginian oak. Made with a wild ferment, with no additives other than minimal sulphur at bottling, the key to this wine has been in the fastidious rare-for-New Zealand, multi-vintage approach to blending, creating a wine of real substance, complexity and quality.
With only a small amount planted and noticing different points of interest and strength from vintage to vintage, we decided to forgo convention, and make a multi-vintage wine, that brought together the best characters of each varietal, from each vintage. Carefully crafted from multiple vintages our goal is to create the most complete wine. Some wine from each vintage has been held back to support our intention to deliver a consistently delicious multi-vintage wine at every release."
