{"id":2574,"date":"2021-07-22T13:30:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T13:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neweravineyards.com.au\/w\/?p=2574"},"modified":"2026-04-01T04:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:27:37","slug":"barrel-select-montepulciano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.neweravineyards.com.au\/w\/2021\/07\/22\/barrel-select-montepulciano\/","title":{"rendered":"Barrel Select Montepulciano"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-2574\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-2574-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-2574-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2574-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\">\"Deep purple hues with a range of attractive aromas in plum, black cherry, licorice and olive tapenade, with generous, savoury flavour's to follow. Inky and dense, it's far from shy. Rather, its boldness deserves more time in bottle to meld with some pretty sturdy tannins.\" Jeni Port, 2023 Halliday Companion<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2574-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><strong>Food Pairing:\u00a0 <\/strong>This wine is best served as an aperitif or would perfectly accompany a variety of pizza and pasta dishes.<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2574-0-0-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><strong>Winemakers Notes:\u00a0 <\/strong>Montepulciano is a red Italian grape that is widely planted in central and Southern Italy.\u00a0 Over recent years, Australian winemakers have seen the varieties\u2019 ability to thrive in the Australian climate and especially in the cooler region of SA.\u00a0 It is a late ripening variety that produces deeply coloured wines due to the low skin to juice ratio and a large amount of pigmented tannins.<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2574-0-0-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"textwidget\">After a gentle crushing and destemming the grape must was transferred to 1 ton open fermenters, it was then inoculated with Consorizo Del Vino Brunello di Montalcino BM45 yeast and hand plunged three times daily for 10 days.\u00a0 After which it was pressed into seasoned French Oak hogsheads for 12 months.\u00a0 It was carefully racked from barrel and bottled without any fining or filtration.<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2574-0-0-4\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><strong>Grape Source:<\/strong>\u00a0 Wirrega Vineyard (Mundulla, Limestone Coast)<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2574-0-0-5\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><strong>Closure:<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Stelvin\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>Drinking Window:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>2020 -2035\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-2574-0-0-6\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><strong>Awards and Accolades:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n \t<li>93 points James Halliday Wine Companion 2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n&nbsp;<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-2574-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2574-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><a 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