Description
In 2009 Syd Bradford started Thick as Thieves Wines in the Yarra Valley as a virtual operation – buying in grapes and renting facilities. After years of hard yakka, he has now established a family wine business and vineyard. . . one happy little vegemite! Purchasing the Cypress Ridge vineyard in the Yarra Valley in 2012 was the game changer for Thick as Thieves… 26 year old pinot noir vines that are in a happy spot and produce Syd’s flagship pinot wines. The experimental beginnings of ‘The Aloof Alpaca’ Arneis are still going strong and give inspiration to new alternative varieties & styles moving forward.
About this wine: Hand picked fruit from our Home block vineyard; four open pot ferments with an average 70% whole bunch and 22 days on skins; natural ferment and malo; 25% new French oak; no fining or filtration.
On the nose blueberries, strawberries & violets with hints of orange peel, earth, spice wood and reduction – give it a decant as a young wine and see it open up. On the palate, fine & focussed with a dense core of blue & red fruits – fleshy mid-palate, fine-grained tannins a long and complex aftertaste.
95 points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front “.. this is from 25 year old vines, all MV6, with 70% whole bunch and 25% new oak. Cherry, strawberry, spice and perfume, a little coffee bean earthiness. It’s light but firm, all red fruit with a spicy and earthy character, fine graphite tannin, cool acidity, some orange peel and fennel, almost a little bit of a Barbaresco feel to it (but don’t mind me), with a long and spicy finish. It’s very good, and looked better after being open for a day.”
RRP $69 Our Special Price $56.99 – LAST BOTTLES OF THIS VINTAGE!
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