The parcels of fruit making up this wine were crushed into and fermented in open top vessels, with pump overs (three daily over peak fermentation) to extract colour, flavour and tannins.The batches were then drained, pressed to tank and then racked to barrel for oak maturation.
Happily, not named after the Ben Kingsley and Ray Winstone film, this rather tells the story of a cool vintage, with lifted leafy and green peppercorn aromatics. Beneath lies ripe red and black fruits, mulberry, raspberry, blackcurrant, then some currant, cedar and graphite. It’s more or less medium-weighted, composed and structured for food. - 90 points, Marcus Ellis
