"Medium-bodied, juicy and nutty, some tobacco, olive and orange peel bitterness, maybe even some musk stick, balanced acidity, a gentle chew to tannin, with a finish of solid length. Nice. Easy to enjoy." - Wine Front
"55% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 9% Petit Verdot, 4% Malbec.
For us, the Fontaine wines represent the full breadth of the Yarra Valley by sourcing from a range of vineyards in both the northern and southern ends of the Valley. The sites are all north facing for maximum sunshine and are generally clay based soils with broken sandstone, allowing for excellent water retention. This enables the vines to handle summer drought and consistently deliver concentrated yet elegant wines.
“A mild spring with high rainfall set the scene for the cool growing season that brought everything together albeit much later than the previous year and gave us a wine that resulted in a really classic Yarra style of Bordeaux blends – restrained and fruit driven with fine tannins. We strive for drinkability through elegance, and the season came through to deliver exactly that.
Fermented at a relatively cool temperature to accentuate the aromatics and brightness. The wine spent 20 days on skins, before being moved to French oak barrels, of which 20% are new and then aged for 14 months prior to bottling." - Dominique Portet
Vegan-friendly
