Gilbert 'Rouge' Red Blend 2022 | NSW

A great easy drinking red! It's light, bright, and greater than the sum of its parts!

Dry, light bodied, and balanced between smooth tannins and clean acidity. Delicious flavours of red berries - strawberry, raspberry, cranberry - and dark fruits of plum and currants, with rose and violet on the nose, and notes of vanilla, chocolate, oak spices, a touch of pepper, and a subtle minerality. Smooth with a touch of earth on the finish.

Bright red fruits and spice from the two pinots, with the shiraz giving it dark fruit and the structure holding it all together. Its a bright, light, easy drinking red!

NERD NOTES

Pinot Meunier from Tumbarumba, Pinot Noir from Orange, and Shiraz from Mudgee. All sites are predominately on well drained clay loam, with a mix of broken rock and basalt derived quartz. 

Pinots were handpicked while the Shiraz was selectively hand harvested, with each variety picked harvested for optimal ripeness and fermented separately.

Fermentation occurred in open stainless steel tanks, with gentle pumpovers twice daily.

Parcels were separately pressed for optimal tannin and flavour, before being aged in old neutral oak barrels and stainless steel tanks for 8 months. Wine was blended together and left for a further month in stainless steel.

Filtered immediately prior to bottling.