• French oak
• Black cassis
• Subtle savoury
• Powerful & elegant

Powerful and elegant Gimblett Gravels blend. Concentrated sweet black cassis with subtle savoury notes and dried sage. Well balanced with pepper & spice to finish.

The 2016 growing season saw a number of frost events, all well mitigated. Early shoot thinning resulted in balanced canopies and crop levels. The season had a slow start, followed by a particularly warm summer and autumn period. Humidity needed to be monitored closely. A vintage which required good management, was well rewarded.

Grapes from our McMerlot block, Watercourse blocks were aged in French oak with regular racking, testing and evaluating. Blending trials occurred over many months with final compilation of parcels on 17/8/17.