Primo Estate Joseph Moda 2022 x 6
JOSEPH 2022 CABERNET SAUVIGNON MERLOT
MODA
Acclaimed as one of Australia’s finest Cabernets since Joe Grilli of
Primo Estate released the first vintage in 1987, the JOSEPH Moda
is a Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot made from air-dried grapes in
the ‘Moda’ (method) of the Italian Amarone wines.
TASTING NOTE
Intense bouquet of concentrated blackcurrant fruit intermingled
with characteristic raisin and cigar box notes. Mouth filling
palate of rich, lush blueberry wrapped in fine dark cocoa. The
palate is silky, poised and just goes on and on, to a gentle finish
with lingering cedar oak.
VINEYARD REGIONS
Fruit from cooler McLaren Vale sub-regions is balanced against
the rich brooding red berry character of grapes from our
warmer McMurtrie Road Vineyard on the valley floor.
VINTAGE CONDITIONS
This has been the kind of year that winemakers dream of.
Ample rain in the 2021 Winter produced a healthy canopy in
the vines. The cool, dry picking season gave us a harvest with
bountiful yield and exceptional quality.
WINEMAKING
Using the Italian ‘Moda Amarone’, whole bunches were dried
for one week in open racks under the Cellar Door carport to
concentrate the flavours. The partially dried fruit was then
crushed into traditional open-topped fermenters with manual
pump-over. Open-topped fermentation is at the heart of the
JOSEPH red wine style.
Harvest April 2021 Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot Oak 18
months in a combination of new and aged French and
American barriques Alcohol 14.5% Winemakers Joe Grilli &
Tom Garrett Peak drinking Will reward 10-15 years of cellaring.
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