TECHNICAL INFO

Varietal/Blend:  50% Syrah, 25% Touriga Nacional, 15% Malbec, 10% Merlot

ABV:  11.5%

Vineyard:  Syrah and Touriga Nacional, two rare varieties in the Gironde, are grown biodynamically on complementary soils: chalky clay for Syrah and gravelly silt for Touriga Nacional. Vines are trained in double Guyot, with winter grass cover and spring tillage. Average vine age is seven years, yields are around 30 hL/ha, and production is limited to 4,000 bottles.

Cellar: The grapes are blended at harvest and co-fermented. Vinification uses gentle whole-berry extraction with spontaneous fermentation by indigenous yeasts.

CSPC:  141658

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TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  France

Region:  Blaye, Bordeaux

Appellation:  Vin de France

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Varietal/Blend:  50% Syrah, 25% Touriga Nacional, 15% Malbec, 10% Merlot

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.

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Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

ABV:  11.5%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  141658