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April 4-6 2008
Financial Review Tim White said
Gipsie Jack Petit Verdot 2005
(Langhorne Creek SA)
Has a touch of marshmallow this,
with deep fruitcake, and some older earthy oak smells.
Thick, deep and dark flavoured with bitter chocolate and
then chewy dry tannins.
Plum pudding flavours build with
air. There's excellent fruit in here and a
delicious savoury honesty about the flavours. Tasty
Stuff. 93/100 $28.
Technical details
Variety:
100% Petit Verdot Langhorne Creek SA Region
Wine Analysis:
14.5% Alc.,pH 3.62 Total Acid=6.8g/l
Production:
The Petit Verdot was hand picked from a single block.
De-stemmed and crushed. Cold soaked for approximately 48
hours to ensure the retention of fruit flavours.
Inoculated with yeast. Fermentation continued over 7
days in a small oper top fermenters. Wine is hand
plunged 2-3 times per day. Towards the end of ferment
wine is drained, pressed and racked to oak.
Maturation occurred in a mixture of both old and new
French Oak. This wine spent 22 months in a barrel prior
to bottling.
Tasting Notes
Colour:
Red/Purple
Nose:
Fruit driven nose of ripe black/red fruits, lifted
floral/perfumed aromas are also present.
Palate:
Shows good fruit weight and some spicy oak. Has very
good length with abundant ripe fine tannin.
Food:
Medium rare Rib eye steak. |
