2021 Barossa Valley Rouge
2021 Barossa Valley Rouge
($32.30 Wine Club price)
Old vine Mataro from our Estate Block in Stone Well in the Western Barossa. Fermented in a 675L Ceramic Egg and matured for a further 7 months on skins in the Egg. Bottled in October 2021.
A ‘natural’ wine made with minimal additions that carries the hallmarks of our old vine fruit. This wine is bright, lifted red berries, light to medium bodied pallet supported by fine tannins. A wine that is drinking very well on release.
Artwork ‘The Winemonster’ by Wendy Dixon-Whiley, painted 2021
Technical Tasting Notes
2021 BAROSSA VALLEY ROUGE
GROWING SEASON
The 2021 Barossa Valley vintage will be remembered as an almost faultless season after the challenging years that preceded it. Good spring rains meant that for the first time in many years we entered the growing season with good soil moisture levels. A warm dry growing season followed, with balanced and healthy canopies producing an average crop of extremely high quality fruit. Certainly the best in a decade, maybe longer. The good news is that flavours and colours (in reds) and overall quality is exceptional. A truly great Barossa vintage in the making.
TASTING NOTE
Old vine Mataro from our Estate Block in Stone Well in the Western Barossa. Fermented in a 675L Ceramic Egg and matured for a further 7 months on skins in the Egg, before being bottled in October 2021. A ‘natural’ wine made with minimal additions that carries the hallmarks of our old vine fruit. This wine is bright, lifted red berries, light to medium bodied pallet supported by fine tannins. A wine that is drinking very well on release.
Artwork ‘The Winemonster’ by Wendy Dixon-Whiley, painted 2021
SPECIFICATIONS
Region: Barossa Valley
Sub Region: Stone Well
Variety: Mataro
Alcohol: 14.0%
Production: 400 bottles
Cellaring: Drink now or a few years
Winemaker: Andrew Seppelt
Download Technical Tasting Notes 2021 Vintage ➝
