CURRENT VINTAGE: 2022
RELEASE DATE: 1 September, 2023
PRICE: $384.00
GI REGION: Tumbarumba, NSW
VINEYARD: Excelsior Peak, 1927 Jingellic Road, Tumbarumba
TASTING NOTES: Handpicked from ten year old vines, 35% whole bunch fermented, balance was crushed and destemmed with whole berries, ten days on skins pressed to barrels using 20% French oak and spending eight months in barrel.
FOOD PAIRING SUGGESTIONS: Ideal with meat especially lamb, also matched very will with duck and classic tapas style dishes.
WINEMAKER: Robert Bruno
WINEMAKING NOTES: Handpicked from ten year old vines, 35% whole bunch fermented, balance was crushed and destemmed with whole berries, ten days on skins pressed to barrels using 20% French oak and spending eight months in barrel.
AGING POTENTIAL: Drink now to 2030
OTHER VINTAGE MEDALS/AWARDS :
- 2022
- Gold Medal, 2023 Canberra and Region Wine Show
- Gold Medal, 2023 Australian Wine Showcase
- 2019
- Rating 89/100, David Stevens-Castro, Wine Pilot, Dec 2021
- 2018
- Halliday Silver 91 points: Financial Times (of London) and Jancis Robinson Rating 16.5/20: Bronze Medal 2019 Canberra and Region Wine Show:
- 2017
- Halliday Silver 91 points: Australian Wine Showcase 94 points Gold: Winestate 4 Stars Silver: International Cool Climate Wine Show Silver:
- 2015
- Winestate 4 Stars, Silver Medal, Best of NSW: Halliday Silver 92 points:
