2016 Hahndorf Hill Blueblood Blaufrankisch

This wine has a hauntingly beautiful nose of rich blueberry pie and black cherries. The palate is silky smooth with a tumble of berries, gentle spice and a smudge of caramel, all perfectly wrapped in generous yet gentle tannin. Match this beautiful wine with duck, quail, lamb and venison - and if you ever need to enjoy a red with your favourite seafood, this is it!

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Viticulture

Sustainable viticulture with the main focus being to grow the best quality fruit that will permit high quality wine production in the cellar. Canopies are managed to reduce the threat of fungal disease and yields are contained at approximately 3 tonnes an acre. All grapes are hand-harvested.

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Vinification

Grapes are destemmed, crushed and then allowed an extended period of cold maceration prior to fermentation. The wine is fermented till dry in stainless steel tanks and then allowed a further period of cold maceration before being pressed off the skins and then transferred to barrels. The wine is aged for approximately 11 months in barrels (predominantly French oak) before bottling.

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Recommendation

Match this beautiful wine with duck, quail, lamb and venison - and if you ever need to enjoy a red with your favourite seafood, this is it! This wine should develop well for between 10 - 12 years.