2022 Shadowfax Minnow Roussanne

2022 Shadowfax Minnow Roussanne is a single-vineyard wine grown on our Shadowfax site in Werribee. A cool spring set moderate crops, with the trend continuing into summer, allowing grapes to ripen slowly with lots of concentration. The grapes were hand-harvested in the cool of the morning at optimum flavour ripeness, and then the fruit was gently whole bunch pressed and left to settle overnight prior to racking. The juice was gravity fed into older French hogshead barrels in our underground cellar where wild fermentation took place. It was left on light lees to develop further complexity for 7.5 months prior to bottling in November 2022. – Al Timms, Shadowfax

Aromas of white blossoms, crushed gravel with ripe stone fruit notes and hints of lees-derived complexity. Orange fruits explode with hints of marzipan on the palate, and are complexed by a touch of ginger spice. There is a great mineral core with lovely gravelly texture and a racy finish. – Al Timms, Shadowfax

Alcohol 13.3%. pH 3.65. Titratable Acidity 5.1g/L. Residual Sugar 1.4g/L