Description

Tokara
Director’s Reserve Red

 

 

CROPPING AND HARVESTING (V’21)

• • Only grapes from the best blocks and from the best parts of these blocks are used.
  • The average yield is between 5 and 8 t/ha.
  • The grapes were hand-picked at optimal ripeness between the 4th of March and the 16th of April

WINEMAKING

• • The grapes were de-stemmed, before first passing across a mechanical sorting table and then a further hand sorting table before being crushed directly into tanks for fermentation using gravity feed and no pumps.
  • There is a period of cold maceration for up to 5 days before the fermentation starts spontaneously.
  • The grapes were fermented in stainless steel and wooden upright (foudre) fermenters.
  • Pump-overs, délestage and punching down of the cap were implemented twice a day for extraction until fermentation was complete.
  • The tanks were given maceration post fermentation.
  • The wine was put to barrel for malolactic fermentation after which it was racked, sulphured and put back to barrel for further maturation.
  • The wine spent a total of twenty-two months in 47% new French oak and 27% second fill – the rest being older French oak barriques.
  • During maturation the wines received four racking’s, all done barrel to barrel.
  • The wine was bottled in January 2022 without fining or filtration.

TASTING NOTES:

• • The wine has a vibrant crimson colour with an intense dark centre and a ruby rim.
  • The nose showcases complex aromas of black cherry, subtle cocoa, dried currants, tobacco leaf and graphite.
  • The wine enters the palate with incredible purity and focus, with flavours of dark cherries, blackberries and plum skin.
  • Sumptuous and full there is a hint of tension on the mid-palate which leads to fine dense tannins and a lengthy finish.

Food pairing:

• • Grilled ribeye steak served with Béarnaise sauce, and potato Dauphinoise.

Analytics:

• • Alc. 14.46%,
  • Residual Sugar 2.6 g/L,
  • T.A. 6.0g/l,
  • pH 3.53

 

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