2022 Black Sage Rd Rouge

The nose reveals white pepper, raspberries, earthy notes and just a touch of sweet tobacco leaves. It’s smooth and textured on the palate with rich and savoury tart cherry, red plums, crunchy pomegranate, and plenty of zip on the finish. Drink chilled and paired with mushroom, duck, and pork dishes, or on its own. Santé

The fruit was hand-picked and fermented in stainless steel 85% destemmed and 15% whole cluster. Twice daily pump overs were done to extract tannin and colour before the wine was pressed off and racked to a combination of neutral French oak barrel (81%) and stainless steel (19%) and aged for 6 months.  Fermented and aged separately to allow each lot to showcase its true essence, the two lots were blended prior to bottling.

55% Syrah, 17% Merlot, 13% CS, 11% Carmenère, 4% CF, 36% neutal oak 16 months