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The Tardy - 2006 Langhorne Creek Zinfandel
Product Description
Tasting Notes
Ruby red in colour, with aromas of red fruit, florals, spice and some creamy notes. The characters flow elegantly to the palate with the added complexity of fruitcake, and underlying fine tannins.
Cellaring
Smidge recommends drinking this wine within the next 7 to 8 years.
Viticulture
Grown on sandy loams over limestone adjacent to a flood plain of the Bremer River in Langhorne creek, the vines are allowed to sprawl, but require careful irrigation management. Like many South Australian regions in 2005, Langhorne Creek experienced near ideal growing and ripening conditions with mild days and cool nights. The lack of weather extremes allowed flavour to develop evenly with sugar accumulation to attain near perfect ripeness.
Vinification & Maturation
Fermentation was even and lasted roughly 7 days with a maximum temperature of 28°C. Total time on skins was 14 days. When the fermenter was pressed, the free run and pressings were blended to tank. After 24 hours, the wine was racked to 2-4 year old French barriques for 11 months, during which malolactic fermentation occurred and the wines were racked twice. Prior to bottling the batches were blended and fined, but not filtered.
Technical Analysis
Harvested - April 2006
Bottled - March 2007
Alcohol - 16.5%
Discount - 10% on Purchase of a 6 Pack