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Mills Reef Arthur Edmund Gimblett Gravels Syrah 2020

$350.00 inc GST

The “Arthur Edmund” series signifies the prestige icon wines of Mills Reef, produced in limited edition in only exceptional vintages.

They are the finest examples from great vineyard sites paired to ideally suited grape varieties, of low yielding vines, climatically exceptional growing seasons, hand harvested, and bunch selected, and with minimal-intervention winemaking to craft wines with unique excitement and a distinct sense of place.

The vineyards for this prestige wine are located within the famed Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing District, an area renowned for producing world-class full-bodied red wines, and described by internationally-respected wine critic James Halliday as “… not just a very special parcel, it is a sacred site”.

Further, the 2020 growing season in the Gimblett Gravels is widely acclaimed as a ‘vintage of perfection’. Perfect in every way, yielding a long warm even climate, without heat waves or cold spells. Early Spring began with slightly higher rainfall and average temperatures, before the late spring where temperatures soared with below average rainfall. The summer continued along the same path, with long dry higher than average constant temperatures and little rainfall. Warm and dry, allowing optimum flavour development. A benchmark growing season!

This majestic wine was handcrafted from selected bunches off low yielding vines within the distinguished Gimblett Gravels winegrowing district. A symphony of luscious boysenberry, blueberry fruits, and subtle pepper spice and fragrant rose petal. The palate is a finely tuned performance of balance, texture, power and grace, with velvety tannins and intense fruit reaching a harmonious crescendo of refined oak and a sustained liquorice finale.

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The “Arthur Edmund” series signifies the prestige icon wines of Mills Reef, produced in limited edition in only exceptional vintages.

They are the finest examples from great vineyard sites paired to ideally suited grape varieties, of low yielding vines, climatically exceptional growing seasons, hand harvested, and bunch selected, and with minimal-intervention winemaking to craft wines with unique excitement and a distinct sense of place.

The vineyards for this prestige wine are located within the famed Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing District, an area renowned for producing world-class full-bodied red wines, and described by internationally-respected wine critic James Halliday as “… not just a very special parcel, it is a sacred site”.

Further, the 2020 growing season in the Gimblett Gravels is widely acclaimed as a ‘vintage of perfection’. Perfect in every way, yielding a long warm even climate, without heat waves or cold spells. Early Spring began with slightly higher rainfall and average temperatures, before the late spring where temperatures soared with below average rainfall. The summer continued along the same path, with long dry higher than average constant temperatures and little rainfall. Warm and dry, allowing optimum flavour development. A benchmark growing season!

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Amount

750mL

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    Vineyards and Winemaking

    The Syrah grapes were sourced from the highly regarded Omahu Road area. Hand-picking occurred at ideal ripeness on April 17th at 22 Brix average.

    The fruit was destemmed and transferred to open top fermentation vessels to have several parcels to later select from. Crushing was effected under the grapes’ own natural weight and cold-soaked for three days. Fermentation was thereafter initiated, with a combination of hand plunging and air rummage to extract and refine colour and structure.

    Post fermentation, the parcels were allowed 14-20 days alcohol soak to attain optimal tannin structure and balance, before being gently pressed off skins and transferred to barrel in our temperature controlled cellar for 20 months élevage in quality French oak barrels, all 100% new 300 litre hogsheads. With just one racking throughout, there was minimal disturbance to the wines to allow natural gravity settling and clarification to occur.

    A rigorous barrel tasting process was then undertaken to select the ideal barrel component for the final blend and wine style, left unfined, to preserve the natural flavours, and bottled unfiltered on the 15th of February 2022.