Blind Corner Wilyabrup Bernard 2017 franz-hirtzberger 6% Petit Verdot

6% Petit Verdot

The tannins are waiting

light earth and spicy tobacco notes then ensue

clay and sandy soils

This gives us very high quality juice

Blind Corner Wilyabrup Bernard 2017 franz-hirtzberger 6% Petit VerdotTaking its cue from Valpolicella's Amarone, Gould handpicks his fruit and air dries the bunches prior to fermentation. This, he finds, not only intensifies the flavours of the fruit, and gives it a more potent edge, but also softens and lengthens the wine's tannins. The grapes are then foot crushed, hand plunged during wild fermentation, and basket pressed into mature French oak barrels. There the blend matures for 12 months before being bottled