Blind Corner Wilyabrup Bernard 2017 franz-hirtzberger Enjoy now or for up

Enjoy now or for up to 10 years

The tannins are waiting

Vermentino brings freshness and acidity to the wine whilst Fiano contributes breadth and texture

fruity and rather subtle

light earth and spicy tobacco notes then ensue

Blind Corner Wilyabrup Bernard 2017 franz-hirtzberger Enjoy now or for upTaking its cue from Valpolicella's Amarone, Gould handpicks his fruit and air dries the bunches prior to fermentation. This, he finds, not only intensifies the flavours of the fruit, and gives it a more potent edge, but also softens and lengthens the wine's tannins. The grapes are then foot crushed, hand plunged during wild fermentation, and basket pressed into mature French oak barrels. There the blend matures for 12 months before being bottled