Joshua Cooper Blanche Cabernet Sauvignon 2024

Planted 1970 by the Reimer family Blanche Barkley is a relatively unknown gem. The vines have been dry-grown from planting on an alluvial fan intermixed with shale, ironstone and mudstone in close proximity to the famed Balgownie. Weeds are removed by whipper snipper, while the fruit load in managed on a vine but vine basis ensuring each is capable of reaching full maturity. The resultant fruit is bright and fresh, while also loaded with a slew of fine tannin. Once hand harvested the fruit was entirely de-stemmed, then partially foot crushed before transfer to open fermenters where it remained for three weeks. The must was allowed to soak until natural fermentation commenced and was then extracted with a combination pumping over, delestage and pigeage. Lutte raisonee/sustainable, no synthetic fungicides or herbicides.