Leconfield Limited Release Petit Verdot

This Petit Verdot from selected Coonawarra vineyards is fragrant and perfumed showing hints of mocha coffee to augment the perfumed nose overlayed with subtle fine oak. Full flavoured yet elegantly structured with fine chamois tannins, the palate of this wine has flavours of cherry plums with hints of spice.

Single batch, single vineyard.Petit Verdot is only rarely released as a single variety and was originally planted on the Leconfield Coonawarra vineyards as a blending component for Cabernet Sauvignon. It is traditionally a late maturing variety, and our tiny vineyard consists of only two rows. The fruit from 2021 was exceptionally good.­The 2021 Vintage in Coonawarra has the hallmarks of an incredible vintage, with superb conditions and fruit of outstanding quality and quantity being harvested. The season was mild with very stable weather conditions. The temperatures during the growing season were mild with only minor fluctuations and no major rainfall events. Dry conditions continued right through summer, and consequently, berries remained relatively small with thick skins. Coonawarra did receive several small rainfall events during the growing which was beneficial to the general vine health and soil moisture. These climatic conditions lead to long and steady increases in maturity levels, allowing winemakers to pick at optimum levels for ripeness and flavour.
Fermentation took place in open fermenters and was hand plunged thrice daily then pressed to French oak. Several rackings occurred during 16 months of aging, before the wine was prepared for bottling. Maturation has been in 5-year-old barrels to allow the varietal expression of the wine to shine through.