Rich plums, spiced fruitcake, a slight minty freshness and an oily/inky mouthfeel with a long and fine chalky tannin structure - everything is in its right place, it will be exciting to see where this wine is situated in 5-10 more years. Typically released as a 5 year old wine, the 2018 Stonewell can be enjoyed now, or if you can exercise the willpower, should comfortably age for 15-20 years, through to 2038. Built to match rich meat dishes, char-grilled medium rare scotch fillet with a creamy mushroom sauce, served with roasted baby carrots and duck-fat roasted potatoes would be the ultimate heavenly pairing.
Fermented for 7-10 days, after pressing off skins, the wine was then matured in new and older hogsheads for 15 months prior to fining, filtration and bottling. The wine rested in our temperature controlled warehouse for four more years prior to release.