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2007 La Brunante

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The colour is deep, opaque purple with hints of violet. An expressive, powerful and elegant nose with rich, ripe dark fruits layered in classic Beamsville Bench minerality. Super-fine luscious tannins frame the palette which expresses purity of black and blueberries. Extremely concentrated, the wine gives way to a velvety texture with a finish that extends into minutes. This wine is meant for mid to long-term aging.   

Winemaker's Notes

La Brunante is the flagship Bordeaux style blend from Hidden Bench made only in the best years where maximum maturity and flavour development are achieved in the vineyard. This small-lot wine was harvested from our highest performing Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Cabernet Franc parcels across our three Estate vineyards. Yields from this blocks were extremely low (less than 1 metric tonne per acre on average) which contributes to the concentration and power of the wine. All blocks used in this assemblage were fermented separately in small batches using indigenous yeasts, hand-plunged to gently extract the ripe tannins, and then gravity transferred to barrel. Malolactic fermentation occurred spontaneously in barrel via natural bacteria. The wine was blended at the first racking of the eight barrels in September 2008, and then returned to the same barrels. After 18 months in a mixture of new, 1 year old and 2 year old French Oak, the wine was bottled using gravity. This wine has never been pumped, fined or filtered.