Fond Croze Cairanne 2023 750ml
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$39.99
"Magnificent, single vineyard old vine blend of Grenache, Carignan and Mourvèdre.
The vineyard is a single two-hectare plot on the southern hills between Cairanne and Rasteau, clay-limestone hillsides with south-east exposure, providing perfect growing conditions for these varietals.
Grapes are painstakingly hand-picked before being sorted, destemmed and left to soak, with a long, slow maceration and vinification taking over a month. The low intervention approach to the winemaking carries through to maturation, where the wine is aged in stainless steel tanks — there’s no oak involvement at all here — to showcase only the fruit and terroir of the vineyard.
Deep garnet in colour with purplish reflections, the nose is initially quite closed — we would recommend decanting just to aerate — but opens to reveal an enticing mix of savoury dried fruits, fresh red fruit and floral aromas. The palate is fleshy and beautifully rounded, polished black fruits with a coffee bean minerality, soft chocolately tannins and the most mannerly of acidity providing a silken backbone on which a complex array of savoury flavours reveal themselves. The finish is long and complex, remaining fresh and elegant to the end."
Alc 14%
"Magnificent, single vineyard old vine blend of Grenache, Carignan and Mourvèdre.
The vineyard is a single two-hectare plot on the southern hills between Cairanne and Rasteau, clay-limestone hillsides with south-east exposure, providing perfect growing conditions for these varietals.
Grapes are painstakingly hand-picked before being sorted, destemmed and left to soak, with a long, slow maceration and vinification taking over a month. The low intervention approach to the winemaking carries through to maturation, where the wine is aged in stainless steel tanks — there’s no oak involvement at all here — to showcase only the fruit and terroir of the vineyard.
Deep garnet in colour with purplish reflections, the nose is initially quite closed — we would recommend decanting just to aerate — but opens to reveal an enticing mix of savoury dried fruits, fresh red fruit and floral aromas. The palate is fleshy and beautifully rounded, polished black fruits with a coffee bean minerality, soft chocolately tannins and the most mannerly of acidity providing a silken backbone on which a complex array of savoury flavours reveal themselves. The finish is long and complex, remaining fresh and elegant to the end."
Alc 14%
