Commercial description 

Ironclad is named in honour of the 19th Century warships characterised by the iron armour bolted onto their wooden hulls, much as iron courses through the veins of our warm clay hillside vineyards. 

VARIETAL 13% Cabernet Sauvignon, 14% Malbec, 20% Cabernet Franc, 45% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot 

BARREL 35% New French, 65% Old French Oak 

VINEYARDS 20 Tonner, Anita Bay, Back Swamp, Benches, Big North, Cliffs, Death Valley, Machells, Niko Face, Owhiti, Ponui, Reubans, Sharpies, Top Swamp 

BRIX 25.2 – 27.0 TA / PH / RS / ALC 5.7 / 3.85 / <2g/L 

15%