Hemera Estate

2017 Right Bank

The Right Bank is a wine developed to showcase the art of blending across grape varieties and wine growing regions. The Merlot and Cabernet Franc were sourced from the Hemera Estate vineyard in the Barossa Valley with the Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from the Katnook Vineyard located in the Coonawarra wine region.

Winemaking
Each grape variety was picked at optimal ripeness to showcase characters endemic to that variety. The fruit was destemmed and crushed into 5-tonne open- topped fermenters where twice-daily pump-overs were conducted to ensure extraction of colour, flavour and tannins from the grape skins. At the conclusion of fermentation, the wine was pressed to a combination of new (20%) and seasoned French oak hogshead barrels for 15 months. Each barrel was tasted, and careful selection took place before the final wine was blended. The wine is neither fined, nor filtered.

Tasting Evaluation
Colour: Garnet, dark core with a pale rim.
Aroma: Lifted aromatics of violets, bay leaf, dark chocolate, coupled with red plums, blueberry and liquorice notes.
Palate: Rich, layered palate structure with raspberry, blackberry and plum flavours, latticed with graphite and baking spices, mid palate fruit density, dusty cedar tannins and fine acid balance.