Handpicked at only 500g per vine from the warm, sandy, gravely soil of our single vineyard, the grapes benefitted from a very long ripening period and warm summer – both ideal conditions to ensure great complexity and full physiological ripeness.

A long fermentation ensured optimum extraction and voluptuous texture before the must was gently pressed into French barriques of which 50% were new. There it underwent malolactic fermentation and was further aged on its fine lees for 30 months in the same barrels. Like a true “Bordeaux” blend the wine needs much time to mature. No cost are spared on our flagship wine and it has been bottle aged for more than three years for full enjoyment once released and it will continue to do so over the next few years. No fining or filtration to maintain the flavours and structure of this masculine yet elegant wine.