A very special museum release of 12 bottles for Malbec Day 2025.
Colour: Deep inky crimson
Bouquet: Blueberries, Mulberries with vanilla bean pods and a touch of earthy forest floor.
Palate: Lovely juicy blackberries and dark cherries marry nicely with dark chocolate making a black forest
gateaux. Sweet fruit notes are balanced harmoniously with a subtle acidity and ultra-fine tannins. An
elegant fruit rich Malbec that will develop more with time.
Vintage 2021: After a very dry 2020 winter bud break was early for all varieties. Spring was wetter than
average so protection from disease was critical with timely applications of organic sprays when the
weather permitted all the way to December. Finally the sun came out at the right time to accelerate
ripening of the lower than normal crop load. This was a blessing as harvest approached significant rain
events occurred. Hard work in the vineyard opening the canopy for air flow and small crops got all
varieties to optimum ripeness with pristine fruit. Marri Blossom was late and netting was required to stop
bird damage.
Vinification: The grapes were picked in the cool of the morning on 30th March 2021, 50% destemmed
and placed in open fermenters. The rest was put as whole bunches into a fermenter and fermented
separately. Innoculated with a neutral yeast and the cap plunged up to four times a day, by hand. After
10 days the wine was kept on extended skins for a further ten days. Then the wine was drained and the
must basket pressed off to tank where it underwent a malolactic fermentation which softens the acid.
The wine was then racked to a mix of one and two year old French barriques, then left to mature for 12
months. Blended and put to bottle in July 2022.
Review: Ripe juicy and loaded with bright red fruits augmented with a little chocolate and light leaf. It’s
classic malbec with its smooth medium body displaying so much of what this variety is all about. There’s a
fleshy vibrant middle palate that carries effortlessly to a tidy lifted finish. I love drinking these wines when
they are relatively young. Score 92/100 Cellar 6 years Ray Jordan
