Description

M. CHAPOUTIER, DOMAINE TOURNON, LADY’S LANE VINEYARD

Tasting:

Colour: deep ruby colour.
Nose: redcurrant, leather, red crushed berries with a hint of toffee, incense and curry.
Mouth: this is a powerful and generous wine expressing itself with delicacy thanks to a very delicate tannic structure.
Intense flavors of ripe fruits and spices combined to a fine acidity – a hyphen between richness and strength reflecting perfectly the terroir of Heathcote.

Grape variety: Shiraz.                               

Soil: Red soil from the Cambrian Period.

Harvest: The crop is manually harvested at maturity, avoiding over-maturation.

Winemaking: The grapes are 100% destemmed.
Fermentation takes place in concrete tanks. Vat times are long (from 4 to 6 weeks) and a gentle extraction is performed by pumping-over. It aims at obtaining fine and delicate tannins.

Maturing: Ageing 100% in French oak barrels with low proportion of new oaks (10-15%) for 14 months.

Alcohol degree: 13,5%