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Wine Description
The Story
All the fruit was hand harvested and delivered to the winery for whole bunch pressing. The juice was drained and racked to stainless steel tanks, where it settled for 48 hours. Pressings were kept separate and racked to stainless steel, where they were fined and settled. The clear juice from each batch, including the pressings, was then seeded with pure yeast culture and racked into French barriques for fermentation which was controlled at 18°...
Vintage 1987
The 1987 Australian wine vintage was a cooler, prolonged, and remarkably elegant growing season that stands as one of the quintessential classic vintages of the 1980s, particularly across South Australia’s premier regions like the Coonawarra, Barossa Valley, and Margaret River. Following a mild spring and a temperate summer free from destructive heatwaves, the grapes underwent a slow, even maturation process that preserved striking natural aci...