2009 Sangiovese
Ravensworth 2009 Sangiovese $252.00 per dozen
Winemaking notes: Picking date 22nd April. No whole bunches, 10% bled off and given to the local Italian community in exchange for olive oil, natural primary and secondary ferments. 22 day maceration on skins, press to 25% new oak (Taransaud, F. frère). Packaged 21st Feb 2010 -
Very savoury, should cellar well, dark brooding spice and sour cherry, decent tannin profile, where’s the food? – Buy now and I’ll include a bottle of 2011 Canberra district extra-virgin, cold-pressed, best-you’re-are-going-to-get olive oil BUY NOW!
Reviews and comments:
2011 Australian wine vintages (Little gold book) Top 100
“Spicy, confiture-like aromas of red and black cherries with undertones of underbrush, sage and restrained oak precede a vibrant and finely astringent, bony palate whose sour-edged expression of cherries and plums finishes quite savoury”. Jeremy Oliver – The Australian Wine Annual 2010
“Showing intense red liquorice, morello cherry & red currant fruits, wild herbs & toasty meaty oak….this bright, pure Sangiovese starts out light & bright, then adds in some ripe, chewy mid palate tannin with savory, mealy flavours washing through red fruit flavours. Nick Stock SMH & Age GWG 2011
