Tasting Note

Vineyard & Winemaking

Dougs Vineyard is situated on the outskirts of the township of Romsey, in the Macedon Ranges. A cool hamlet, the vines sit at around 500m altitude, atop a North and North East facing hillside on red rocky volcanic basalt soil, moderating vigour and providing amazing intensity to the fruit, ripening small, beautifully formed clusters at low sugar levels.

Once hand harvested in the cool of morning, with careful sorting in the vineyard, 100% was transferred as whole cluster to open fermenters. The must was then allowed to soak 4-5 days at its cool ambient temperature until fermentation commenced. There after the grapes were gently extracted by a combination of pumping over and pigeage by foot.

The wine then pressed after a total of three weeks on skins and transferred to two new (Laurent Magic Cask thick stave, blonde toast) seven young (2-4yo Laurent Magic Cask) and ten old (6-10yo) oak Burgundian piece for lees ageing for 12months, followed by four months in stainless steel on fine lees. Before racking and bottling, unfined and unfiltered. The only addition to the wine is a small dose of sulphur.