Name:
Named in honour of our previous business partner and great friend Reg Douglas Wymond, the RDW is a celebration of Reg’s life and passion for fine wine. The RDW is a generously balanced wine as was Reg as a man, loving, kind and wise.
Vineyard:
Single vineyard Grenache vines from the Blewitt Springs sub region stands tall at one of McLaren Vale’s highest elevations of 205 metres above sea level. Here the cooler temperatures relative to the main valley allow Grenache to attain ripe tannins without the over-ripeness of fruit. The ancient sandy soils have become synergistic with Grenache, creating an expressive and complex style.
Winery:
The open fermenters for gentle cap management are important with this style of Grenache to ensure gentle extraction of tannin and colour. Hand-picked and placed in fermenters with 50% whole bunch allowing another dimension of structure and flavour to the finished wine. This wine had the below 25-day skin contact program that has proven to create a stunning wine.
5-day cold soak <10 degrees (slow gentle extraction)
10-day wild ferment (native grape skin yeast begins ferment)
10-day extended maceration (refine texture, structure of tannins)
Winemaker: Campbell Greer.
Vintage: 2024
Variety: Grenache 100%
Maturation: 14 months in 25% new French oak and 75% in 2-3-year-old French oak.
Region: McLaren Vale 100%
Alcohol: 14.5%
Colour: Vibrant brick red.
Nose: Abundant cranberry, savory earthy complexity hints star anise and dried rosemary.
Palate: A stylishness elegance with a serious edge. Stunning Grenache hallmarks harnessing the whole bunch fermentation characters combined with savory complexity and a stunningly smooth and rounded finish.
Cellaring potential: Drink now or up to 8 years
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