Winery notes: "1 tonne/acre from our east-facing home block; first crop from six year old vines. Deep, beautifully structured, clay-limestone soils: 30% clay, 12-15% active lime. 100% destemmed, by hand. Light ruby/garnet. Pungent, precise, sauvage nose of smoke, chalk, wild (salmonberry, fraises des bois) and cultivated (blood orange, red currant) fruits, along with notes of musky spice, and fur. Gives a strong impression of being more soil- than grape-driven. Surprisingly docile in texture, but penetrating in flavor: again wild red fruits, furred game and toasted spices. Complex, dizzying, intense. Provides a wild ride, for so delicate and weightless a wine. Production: 60 cases."

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