Description
Dark cherries and baked plums are unfolding from the glass, transitioning into thyme and crushed pepper with impressions of liquorice. A complex wine with a firm tannin structure, yet smooth mouthfeel. The supporting role of the oak intensifies the underlying dark cacao and spicy characters.
Certifications
Alcohol
14.5%
Analytical data
Vineyard
Within Marion's Vineyard you'll find Block B, planted in 1999. Like all of Schubert's sites, vines here are farmed organically and densely planted. The differentiator with Block B is its exclusive Dijon clonal selections: 115, 667, 777, 114 and 113. Soils are free-draining with alluvial loam over old river gravels.
Vinification
Classic Burgundian winemaking. Grapes are hand-harvested, 100% de-stemmed, cold macerated and fermented in stainless steel tanks with very gentle 'pigeage'. Left on skins for a period of 3 weeks then lightly pressed.
Maturation
45% new and 55% used French oak barriques for 18 months prior to bottling.