Meticulous viticulture and the site’s low-elevation help to ensure full ripeness and concentration
Drinking beautifully now but will continue to evolve for the next five years
rancio and complex wood-oxidative characters
Savoury brambly blackberry introduces the wine
Grown by 5th generational grape grower Adrian Hoffmann this site offers soils that are commonly sandy loam over heavy red clay which provide a controlled yet accessible source of water allowing the vines to produce stunning fruit
Blind Corner Wilyabrup Bernard 2017 Size::1 Bottle Meticulous viticulture and the site’sTaking 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