2007 Nubile

$19.00/ bottle

The wine is a 70% Grenache, 30% Shiraz Blend. Strawberries, plum and hints of raspberry lift on the nose, supported by oak spice of cinnamon and vanilla. The generous palate delivers more raspberry and plum, layered with savoury notes of bitter chocolate and coffee. Drink now to 2012; 360 cases produced

The 2007 Nubile was sourced from five different vineyards averaging forty years of age. We employ carbonic and extended maceration, ‘salasso’ or juice concentration, yeast lees ageing, and ‘cryo’ or freeze extraction as some of our techniques in crafting this truly curious wine. The must is then traditionally hand plunged and basket pressed prior to grooming in a touch of new French Allier oak, the majority being matured in five year old tight grained French and American oak for eighteen months.

Alc/Vol 15.0%; pH 3.46; TA 6.8g/L; Residual Sugar 2.3g/L

Harvest Date: March-April 2007

Bottling Date: August 2008

Decanter World Wine Awards 2009, Bronze Medal

92 pts Gourmet Traveller, Huon Hooke

Wine Advocate #181, Feb 2008, 90 points

The Wine Front 92 points

Winestate Magazine 4.5 stars

Philip White,Drankster, 93 + pts