Wines
Tempranillo Las Piedras
An exceptional season marked the most spectacular Marri blossoms we've ever seen. A wet winter saw a slow start, but the sun came out on 4 September and stayed with us for the rest of the season with rain stopping in November. Summer followed with warm, lazy days resulting in a magnificent ripening period - no disease or bird pressure. Harvest started quickly with the extended family and friends pitching in to help. La Kooki's careful selection of fruit from excellent grower vineyards has resulted in wines with intense aromatics, vibrant fruit and succulent structure underpinned by natural acid
| Tasting Notes | ‘‘This is on song with its dark cherries and cola, kirsch and boot polish, wafts of warm bitumen, joss sticks and florals, and while there’s plenty of juicy fruit in the mix, there’s a savoury buffer with firm yet fine, gravelly tannins.‘‘ 94 SILVER - Jane Falkner HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION |
| Winemaking | At 260 m elevation and a predominantly southerly aspect on a moderate slope, with deep red loam/clay soils over granite, the site is cool for Geographe and awesome for steady ripening of the six short rows of Tempranillo. Careful early leaf removal at flowering and shoot thinning result in vines perfectly balanced with plump bunches ripening evenly. There is a juiciness about this fruit, with its bright flavours, that lends itself to the Spanish Crianza wine style produced in Rioja. Spanish for ‘the stones’, Las Piedras Tempranillo was handpicked from 52 Stones Vineyard, on 12th March, the grapes were destemmed to open vats with the whole berries fermented under the influence of wild yeast and hand plunging. Gently pressed after eight days on skins, the wine was matured in seasoned French oak barriques for nine months, which were topped with stones in November to keep them full. The result is a vibrant, fruit driven wine that is supple and juicy. |
| Quick Notes | Vintage: 2022 Winemakers: Eloise Jarvis and Glenn Goodall Variety: 98% Tempranillo, 2% Cabernet Sauvignon Regions: 98% Geographe, 2% Margaret River Harvested: 12th March 2022 Bottled: January 2023 Alc %/Vol: 13.0% TA: 5.6 g/l pH: 3.63 Residual Sugar: <2 g/L Production: 67 dozen Note: Vegan friendly |
AUSTRALIA (WA) ~ Margaret River: La Kooki
Eloise Jarvis and Glenn Goodall are team La Kooki.
With shared passions for growing grapes and making wine it was inevitable that Ely and Glenn would join forces to produce small parcels of goodness when the opportunity arose. Drawing on there combined wealth of experience, long relationships with fantastic growers, and local knowledge La Kooki wines combine opportunity, locality and personality.
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