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2012 Chalmers Sagrantino
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The 2012 Sagrantino is our first from the Heathcote vineyard where the vines are growing in a special site close to the top of the ridge in deep rocky Cambrian earth. The wine is deep and robust with ample dark cherry and plum fruits. The palate is finer than the nose suggests with the tannins driving all the way through to the finish.
April, 2014
The Wine Front
92 points
Wild yeast fermented, extended maceration, 18 months in French oak, 30% of it new. First release of a Chalmers Sagrantino was 2004 but this is from a young vineyard.
This release is very good. It drinks beautifully. It’s leathery, grainy, grunty, has a lift of redcurrant and an easy slide of creamy/smoky oak. Tannin is the key here, firm and authoritative. But the wine’s leathery, earthen, minerally aspect – combined with oak input – keeps the drinkability factor high.
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