Description

After pressing, the wine is transferred to concrete tanks and older foudres that do
not impart wooden flavours. The wooden staves’ age and saturation also make for a very slow
reaction between the wine and oxygen. After 11 months on the lees, the wine is racked to tank,
and we add 65mg/Litre of sulphur and bottle the wine from the fine lees.
NOTES | The concept behind this wine is establishing a single vineyard site with futuristic
grape varieties that will brace and stand in the future climate change. At the same time, the
vineyard, with a myriad of dynamics and grape varieties, will enable us to produce a complex
wine by virtue of its dynamics. It is very much a concept of “the whole is greater than the sum
of its parts,” a quote attributed to Aristotle’s Metaphysics Book VIII.
This vintage of Sonvang displays the customary Mediterranean and oriental spicy aromatic
profile, with earthy and spicy notes. This vineyard has a very strong vineyard character and
identity, and the wine is very distinct and true to place. The wine has some nervous tannins that
will mellow over time, and it simply needs a bit of a cool, dark cellar. If you love the nervous
aspects and length of some Italian wines, then this is straight up your alley; it has a big
game mentality.