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Hemera EstateTempranillo Barossa Valley 2017
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Vintage Conditions
2017 vintage was set by a near-perfect growing season with a long-awaited wet winter and rainfall well above the long-term average. One of the wettest spring seasons on record minimised the risk of frost damage. Cooler than average spring and summer temperatures ensured a long, slow growing season and allowed intense flavour development and retention of natural grape acidity. Harvest was two weeks later than normal as a result of late January and early February rainfall.
Vineyard Selection
The Tempranillo vines were planted in 2003 on brown loam with heavy clay subsoil and a north-south orientation. The two different clones we planted have very different ripening times, generally being picked two weeks apart, each at optimal ripeness. For this vintage, the fruit was picked on 24 February and 2 March.
Winemaking
Picked early to retain pure fruit vibrancy, our two clones of Tempranillo are brought
into the winery separately, destemmed and crushed into open-topped fermenters where daily pump-overs provide softer tannin extraction. Toward the conclusion of the primary fermentation the wine is drained and then pressed to barrel. This wine is very much in the Spanish ‘crianza’ style with shorter maturation in seasoned French and American oak barrels for 10 months. Careful barrel selection takes place before the wine is blended. The wine is neither fined nor filtered.
Tasting Evaluation
Colour: Deep purple with a blue-violet tint.
Aroma: Lifted fruit-driven bouquet of cherry, violets, blackberry, dried fig, combined with dried rose petals with an underlying layer of bitter chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon with wafts of charcuterie and bay leaf.
Palate: Juicy red cherry and plum flavours with spicy/savoury cedar finish and mouth-coating, powdery chocolate tannins.
Technical Notes
Varietal composition : 100% Tempranillo
Region (GI) : Barossa Valley
Winemaker : Jason Barrette
Alcohol : 14.5% alc/vol
pH : 3.71
TA: 5.8g/L
Residual Sugar : 0.4g/L
Bottled : 16 Feb 20182017 ESTATE
2017 vintage was set by a near-perfect growing season with a long-awaited wet winter and rainfall well above the long-term average. One of the wettest spring seasons on record minimised the risk of frost damage. Cooler than average spring and summer temperatures ensured a long, slow growing season and allowed intense flavour development and retention of natural grape acidity. Harvest was two weeks later than normal as a result of late January and early February rainfall.
Vineyard Selection
The Tempranillo vines were planted in 2003 on brown loam with heavy clay subsoil and a north-south orientation. The two different clones we planted have very different ripening times, generally being picked two weeks apart, each at optimal ripeness. For this vintage, the fruit was picked on 24 February and 2 March.
Winemaking
Picked early to retain pure fruit vibrancy, our two clones of Tempranillo are brought
into the winery separately, destemmed and crushed into open-topped fermenters where daily pump-overs provide softer tannin extraction. Toward the conclusion of the primary fermentation the wine is drained and then pressed to barrel. This wine is very much in the Spanish ‘crianza’ style with shorter maturation in seasoned French and American oak barrels for 10 months. Careful barrel selection takes place before the wine is blended. The wine is neither fined nor filtered.
Tasting Evaluation
Colour: Deep purple with a blue-violet tint.
Aroma: Lifted fruit-driven bouquet of cherry, violets, blackberry, dried fig, combined with dried rose petals with an underlying layer of bitter chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon with wafts of charcuterie and bay leaf.
Palate: Juicy red cherry and plum flavours with spicy/savoury cedar finish and mouth-coating, powdery chocolate tannins.
Technical Notes
Varietal composition : 100% Tempranillo
Region (GI) : Barossa Valley
Winemaker : Jason Barrette
Alcohol : 14.5% alc/vol
pH : 3.71
TA: 5.8g/L
Residual Sugar : 0.4g/L
Bottled : 16 Feb 20182017 ESTATE
Vintage Conditions
2017 vintage was set by a near-perfect growing season with a long-awaited wet winter and rainfall well above the long-term average. One of the wettest spring seasons on record minimised the risk of frost damage. Cooler than average spring and summer temperatures ensured a long, slow growing season and allowed intense flavour development and retention of natural grape acidity. Harvest was two weeks later than normal as a result of late January and early February rainfall.
Vineyard Selection
The Tempranillo vines were planted in 2003 on brown loam with heavy clay subsoil and a north-south orientation. The two different clones we planted have very different ripening times, generally being picked two weeks apart, each at optimal ripeness. For this vintage, the fruit was picked on 24 February and 2 March.
Winemaking
Picked early to retain pure fruit vibrancy, our two clones of Tempranillo are brought
into the winery separately, destemmed and crushed into open-topped fermenters where daily pump-overs provide softer tannin extraction. Toward the conclusion of the primary fermentation the wine is drained and then pressed to barrel. This wine is very much in the Spanish ‘crianza’ style with shorter maturation in seasoned French and American oak barrels for 10 months. Careful barrel selection takes place before the wine is blended. The wine is neither fined nor filtered.
Tasting Evaluation
Colour: Deep purple with a blue-violet tint.
Aroma: Lifted fruit-driven bouquet of cherry, violets, blackberry, dried fig, combined with dried rose petals with an underlying layer of bitter chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon with wafts of charcuterie and bay leaf.
Palate: Juicy red cherry and plum flavours with spicy/savoury cedar finish and mouth-coating, powdery chocolate tannins.
Technical Notes
Varietal composition : 100% Tempranillo
Region (GI) : Barossa Valley
Winemaker : Jason Barrette
Alcohol : 14.5% alc/vol
pH : 3.71
TA: 5.8g/L
Residual Sugar : 0.4g/L
Bottled : 16 Feb 20182017 ESTATE
2017 vintage was set by a near-perfect growing season with a long-awaited wet winter and rainfall well above the long-term average. One of the wettest spring seasons on record minimised the risk of frost damage. Cooler than average spring and summer temperatures ensured a long, slow growing season and allowed intense flavour development and retention of natural grape acidity. Harvest was two weeks later than normal as a result of late January and early February rainfall.
Vineyard Selection
The Tempranillo vines were planted in 2003 on brown loam with heavy clay subsoil and a north-south orientation. The two different clones we planted have very different ripening times, generally being picked two weeks apart, each at optimal ripeness. For this vintage, the fruit was picked on 24 February and 2 March.
Winemaking
Picked early to retain pure fruit vibrancy, our two clones of Tempranillo are brought
into the winery separately, destemmed and crushed into open-topped fermenters where daily pump-overs provide softer tannin extraction. Toward the conclusion of the primary fermentation the wine is drained and then pressed to barrel. This wine is very much in the Spanish ‘crianza’ style with shorter maturation in seasoned French and American oak barrels for 10 months. Careful barrel selection takes place before the wine is blended. The wine is neither fined nor filtered.
Tasting Evaluation
Colour: Deep purple with a blue-violet tint.
Aroma: Lifted fruit-driven bouquet of cherry, violets, blackberry, dried fig, combined with dried rose petals with an underlying layer of bitter chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon with wafts of charcuterie and bay leaf.
Palate: Juicy red cherry and plum flavours with spicy/savoury cedar finish and mouth-coating, powdery chocolate tannins.
Technical Notes
Varietal composition : 100% Tempranillo
Region (GI) : Barossa Valley
Winemaker : Jason Barrette
Alcohol : 14.5% alc/vol
pH : 3.71
TA: 5.8g/L
Residual Sugar : 0.4g/L
Bottled : 16 Feb 20182017 ESTATE
Medium bodied red wines have a lightly textured mouthfeel with moderate flavour impact. Often medium in colour.
Dry wines have no trace of sweetness at all.
- TypeTempranillo
- Size750mL
- RegionBarossa Valley
- Current Vintage2017
- Standard Drinks8.6
- Alcohol Volume14.5%
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NameHemera Estate
- Wine MakerJason Barrette
- Food MatchPizza
- Vegan Friendlytrue
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyMedium Bodied
4 stars Wine state Barossa Wine Chow - Bronze Royal Adelaide wine show - Bronze
Vintage
92 points
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