Love Over Gold Shiraz 2018

Love Over Gold is sourced from a venerable 91-year-old vineyard, showcasing a unique bunch structure with a long framework and loose clusters. Each cluster was meticulously handpicked in a small 20 kg basket on March 27, 2018, and then hand-destemmed with only the finest berries selected. To enhance complexity, 10% whole bunches were included in the ferment, with only pristine berries left on the rachis. The destemmed fruit was placed in a small, open-top fermenter, where gentle pigeage was performed twice daily as the natural fermentation progressed at a cool 24°C. After 24 days, the free run juice was transferred to a two-year-old, extra tight-grained French puncheon for maturation.