2021 Koerner 'Cannonau' Grenache. Clare Valley-SA. 750ml.
Winery Notes:
Vineyard: Gullyview Vineyard, Watervale
Planted: 1935
Soil type: Terra Rossa, red clay on limestone
Picking date: February 18 & 27, 2021
Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard
Processing: Destem retaining ~ 50% whole berries, no whole bunch
Fermentation: Natural ferment in open top steel fermenters, hand plunged twice daily
Time on skins: 2 weeks
Pressing: Free run and pressings combined
Settling: Settled off gross lees for 7 days
Aging vessel: 2000L Slavonian oak foudre for 12 months then racked to steel for 3 months
Filtration: No
Fining: No
Alc: 13.0%
pH: 3.43
TA: 6.3
SO2: 25F, 55T
Production: 215 dozen
