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Brick Bay Pharos Magnum 2004
Brick Bay Pharos Magnum 2004

A complex and elegant wine, showing lifted stonefruit and blueberry notes, with hints of dried herbs, cedar, liquorice and vanillin accents.

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Description

In the Vineyard
After an encouraging fruitset, the early season progressed well, with the start of summer bringing hot, dry days, the odd shower and light winds.
In early February, torrential rains descended on the Auckland area, but the sou'westerlies soon dried the crop out. Finally, March and April settled into long hot, sunny days allowing the fruit to be harvested in optimum condition.

 
In the Winery
Each of the varieties was separately crushed to small, open fermenters, before a selected yeast instigated the fermentation process, with the cap being regularly hand-plunged. After an extended period of post-ferment maceration to add structure and balance, the wine was racked, gently pressed, settled, then aged in a mixture of new and seasoned French oak barriques. Different types of oak were used to optimize the potential of each grape variety. Following 12 months of aging in oak, selected barriques were then blended together, gently fined with egg white to round off the tannins, then bottle-aged for a further 24 months before release.

Harvest date: 14th March 2004 – 4th May 2004
Bottling date: 11th March 2005

Tasting Notes

In appearance, a deep rich burgundy colour with mahogany edges. A complex and elegant wine, showing lifted stonefruit and blueberry notes, with hints of dried herbs, cedar, liquorice and vanillin accents. A beautifully balanced wine, with fine velvety tannins and a lingering finish.

Aging potential: Totally approachable now, but in stable cellaring conditions, should continue to evolve and develop further complexity over the next 5-8 years.

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Our range of handcrafted wines include an elegant Pinot Gris, a delicious Rosé, a medium bodied, fruit-driven Bordeaux style red and our premium red wine, Pharos.

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