The 2023 Block 02 Sangiovese reflects a cooler Beechworth season, showing a more restrained, finely detailed profile. Medium-bodied, it leans toward redder fruits, sour cherry, cranberry and subtle wild strawberry, with a gentle lift of dried herbs and a faint earthy savouriness.

The tannins are fine and quietly structural rather than plush, giving shape without weight, while a bright line of acidity carries the wine long and precise. There’s a sense of tension and clarity here, favouring nuance over density.

Composed and quietly complex, the 2023 will reward time in the cellar, building further detail and harmony with age.

Welcome to a brand new world of sangiovese, where the grape in Australia takes on a rare status – one of power, intensity and grace. An underlying savouriness rests in the embrace of dark cherries, plum, blackberry, dried flowers, thyme, fennel seed, woody spices and a hint of pepper. The florals shine at this early stage, an enticement to get to know this wine more closely as it ages, and it most certainly will. Medium bodied and quite tight in sinewy, dry tannins, it has much more to reveal as it flexes its considerable charms."
- 96 points from Jeni Port for Halliday Wine Companion.

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