Yealands Estate Single Vineyard Tempranillo
This elegant, aromatic wine is brimming with notes of tamarillo, prune and Christmas cake spice. This wine is vegan registered.
Winemaker's Notes
Rich & Flavoursome
The palate is rich and flavoursome with firm tannins and a fine acidity which provides an excellent backbone to the wine.
Seaview Vineyard
Awatere Valley
Our Seaview Vineyard in the Awatere Valley is exposed to some of the toughest growing conditions in Marlborough; high sunshine and wind, cool nights and low rainfall which produces a smaller, thicker skinned berry with intense fruit flavours.
Warm & Sheltered
This wine is a blend of two different blocks on the property - both warm, sheltered areas with consistent soil profiles and relatively flat aspects.
This low yielding Tempranillo is some of the last fruit to be harvested and was picked in excellent condition, achieving ripe tannins and intense flavour.
Nice even crop levels in the vineyard translated into wines with great concentration and texture.
Winemaking Analysis
13.5
%
ALC
ALC
3.74
pH
1.3
g/l
RS
RS
Winemaker's Notes
French Oak Cuve
A portion was fermented in a French oak cuve and the other was fermented in stainless steel with a selected yeast. A fast, hot fermentation proceeded with regular hand plunging to help craft a wine with elegance and balance. The parcels were gently pressed off post primary fermentation with some going into 2nd and 3rd fill French barrels for 8 months.
Tasting Notes
Excellent Backbone
Our Single Vineyard Tempranillo is great with beef or lamb based Moroccan stews, pizzas or hard cheeses such as manchego.
Food Pairings
Red meat, stews, pizza or hard cheeses.
This rich and flavoursome wine is an excellent accompanyment to red meat dishes, warming stews or even a traditional Italian pizza.