2024 Los Hermanos Tempranillo
King Valley fruit, wild fermented and matured five months in old barriques and hogsheads, built for drinking rather than cellaring. Dark cherry and boysenberry with lifted florals, then fresh berries, cacao and a drying tannin finish that begs for something off the grill.
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Tasting Notes
NOSE
Dark cherry and boysenberry along with lifted floral notes.
PALATE
Fresh berries, cacao and drying tannin all work in unison.
Los Hermanos
VINTAGE
As is seemingly the 'new norm' in Victoria, the 2024 ripening period has yet again thrown a vast array of weather at us. A calm start to spring developed into cool, wet and windy conditions right at the critical flowering time. This unfortunately has impacted yields with many of our vineyards producing half the crop of a normal season. Periodic rain events continued through until harvest but the conditions were broadly favourable which, together with the low yields, has ensured the production of high-quality grapes.
WINEMAKING
The grapes were hand harvested and destemmed to open fermenters where the fermentation process was allowed to commence spontaneously with indigenous yeast. In an effort to better express clean fruit characters the ferments were pumped over aeratively once per day and hand plunged twice a day. Once dry, the grapes were pressed to tank and then racked to older oak barriques and hogs head barrels for 5 months of maturation. The resulting wine was then assembled in tank and lightly filtered prior to bottling.
Best paired with
- Slow cooked beef tacos
- Lamb tagine with apricots
- Smoky barbecued chicken