Tracé Carménère | Red

Boisterous, rich and punchy. Smoky and quite gamey, with a lovely slightly saline minerality. This is somewhat broader shouldered and richer than the other two other micro-cuvées, as you’d expect, but it also manages to be tender, tight and well-structured, with a nicely defined spine. It is distinctly spicy, but not overwhelmingly so, with hoisin, Chinese five spice, cinnamon and clove notes. Texturally, this is very soft on the entry and quite rich and viscous on the densely-packed mid-palate. A sappy, juicy fruit – dark crushed berries but also the lift and vibrancy of redcurrant. The acidity plays a nice role in the structure of the wine and the overall impression is of something dense, charged and powerful, yet fine, refined and elegant – in short, tense, vital and energetic.