De Bortoli Vat 4 Petit Verdot

Tasting Notes : Deep purple, inky red in colour. The bouquet exhibits blackberry and spice aromas. The palate shows rich plum and toasty mocha oak flavours with full tannins, fleshy mid palate with generous varietal character.

Producer : De Bortoli

Method of Production : Vines are an average age of 10-15 years, single trellis with either drip orfurrow irrigation. Fruit is crushed into tank and chilled to 5C for 24-48 hours to preserve fruit flavours, tank is yeasted then allowed to ferment for up to 10 days pumping the juice over to extract colour and flavour fromthe skins prior to pressing. The wine is then allowed to undergo MLF prior to tartrate stabilisation, then transferred into a mixture of American and Hungarian oak, with approx 10% new, the remaining barrels two and three year old. Egg white is used in the fining process.