2023 Shadowfax Minnow Grenache Mataro

A blend of 60% Carignan, 25% Grenache and 15% Mataro from out 25 year old vines at Shadowfax Werribee. The Grenache portion was carefully hand harvested and then went 100% natural, whole bunch fermentation in an open ferment. This led to some carbonic maceration characters, such as blue berry fruit notes. The Mataro and Carignan underwent wild fermentation using whole berries only, with gentle daily hand plunges to extract fine tannins. The wine was then pressed and left to rest in older French Hogs Heads for 9 months prior to racking and bottling.