The characteristic cool nights and favourable ripening conditions of the Yarra Valley maintain a good balance of grape acidity and flavour ripeness at harvest. Crafted from grapes, Reynella and CW44 clones, a combination of harvested and hand picked, off fully mature vines, planted to grey loam soils over yellow clay, trained to trellis vertical shoot positioning. Vineyard yields are purposely kept low. Components are vinified in a combination of open and rotary fermenters for a fortnight, completion of malolactic and eighteen months maturation in a combination of new and prior use French 228 litre oak barriques.