Stems 2017
MUSEUM RELEASE
"If anything is going to redefine Rutherglen Durif, it's this wine" (Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front)
With only two barrels produced, this was Winemaker Rowly's first foray into Durif fermented on 70% of the stems. Striking, savoury, intense, structured.
A bright ruby hue, with a heady nose of plums poached in star anise, savoury herbs, nutmeg and a whiff of white pepper. A bright palate of sour cherry, tart cranberry and dark plums finishing with fine, lingering tannin.
Wild yeast fermentation, with maturation in Foudre (no new oak). Unfiltered.
Drink now; we’ve done the careful cellaring for you.
750ml
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More details
- Region Rutherglen
- Varietal Durif
- Vineyard Linlithgow
Awards
94pts, The Wine Front
If anything is going to redefine Rutherglen durif it’s this wine. It’s so spicy, so complex, so much more than just big fruit and big tannin; both which it still manages to have its fair share of. In other words it doesn’t throw the baby out, so to speak; it builds on it. I’m of the view that this is a beautiful, full-bodied red wine. (Campbell Mattinson, July 2019)