2017 FREEMAN VINEYARDS Rondinella & Corvina Secco - Hilltops NSW
The flagship savoury Italian-inspired red blend from Australia’s only plantings of Rondinella and Corvina grapes.
VITICULTURE & WINEMAKING
The 2017 vintage season is acknowledged as an excellent year in the Hilltops creating intensely coloured and flavoured wines. A dry summer led into the cool, dry autumn providing ideal ripening conditions. Corvina and Rondinella grapes take time to reach maturity even in the Australian climate, an ideal long, slow evolution that is the key to their intensity and seductive richness. The grapes were harvested in late April.
A selection of both varieties was dried slowly for up to 10 days, the desiccated grapes added to the remaining harvest for fermentation. The young wines characterised by very intense tannins were aged separately in old oak barrels for two years, prior to blending and bottling. Subsequently, the wine has been cellared at 14o C to allow the tannins to integrate and enrich the palate.
TASTING NOTES
In a generous glass this mid-weight FREEMAN Secco Rondinella Corvina 2017 displays garnet red hues and attractive enveloping aromas of spiced berries, sage and lingering umami notes that lead to a mellow, persistent and balanced palate. This wine is inspired by northern Italy’s classic ripasso styles opening as a deceptively lighter red that reveals beguiling flavours draped over a savoury tannin frame. With an elegant, captivating charm, the 2017 will continue to evolve for many years to come.
The flagship savoury Italian-inspired red blend from Australia’s only plantings of Rondinella and Corvina grapes.
VITICULTURE & WINEMAKING
The 2017 vintage season is acknowledged as an excellent year in the Hilltops creating intensely coloured and flavoured wines. A dry summer led into the cool, dry autumn providing ideal ripening conditions. Corvina and Rondinella grapes take time to reach maturity even in the Australian climate, an ideal long, slow evolution that is the key to their intensity and seductive richness. The grapes were harvested in late April.
A selection of both varieties was dried slowly for up to 10 days, the desiccated grapes added to the remaining harvest for fermentation. The young wines characterised by very intense tannins were aged separately in old oak barrels for two years, prior to blending and bottling. Subsequently, the wine has been cellared at 14o C to allow the tannins to integrate and enrich the palate.
TASTING NOTES
In a generous glass this mid-weight FREEMAN Secco Rondinella Corvina 2017 displays garnet red hues and attractive enveloping aromas of spiced berries, sage and lingering umami notes that lead to a mellow, persistent and balanced palate. This wine is inspired by northern Italy’s classic ripasso styles opening as a deceptively lighter red that reveals beguiling flavours draped over a savoury tannin frame. With an elegant, captivating charm, the 2017 will continue to evolve for many years to come.
The flagship savoury Italian-inspired red blend from Australia’s only plantings of Rondinella and Corvina grapes.
VITICULTURE & WINEMAKING
The 2017 vintage season is acknowledged as an excellent year in the Hilltops creating intensely coloured and flavoured wines. A dry summer led into the cool, dry autumn providing ideal ripening conditions. Corvina and Rondinella grapes take time to reach maturity even in the Australian climate, an ideal long, slow evolution that is the key to their intensity and seductive richness. The grapes were harvested in late April.
A selection of both varieties was dried slowly for up to 10 days, the desiccated grapes added to the remaining harvest for fermentation. The young wines characterised by very intense tannins were aged separately in old oak barrels for two years, prior to blending and bottling. Subsequently, the wine has been cellared at 14o C to allow the tannins to integrate and enrich the palate.
TASTING NOTES
In a generous glass this mid-weight FREEMAN Secco Rondinella Corvina 2017 displays garnet red hues and attractive enveloping aromas of spiced berries, sage and lingering umami notes that lead to a mellow, persistent and balanced palate. This wine is inspired by northern Italy’s classic ripasso styles opening as a deceptively lighter red that reveals beguiling flavours draped over a savoury tannin frame. With an elegant, captivating charm, the 2017 will continue to evolve for many years to come.
