Jericho ‘Ancient Sands’ Grenache 2022 jeff-cohn-cellars The Umpires Decision Chardonnay is

The Umpires Decision Chardonnay is already enjoyable in its youth for its big

intense length

Rippon’s north-facing escarpment forms the meeting point of terminal moraines and coarse gravels

Their Estate Shiraz is a fine example of their wizardry - with all the grapes grown on Seville vines

Dark amber in colour

Jericho ‘Ancient Sands’ Grenache 2022 jeff-cohn-cellars The Umpires Decision Chardonnay isThe extended maceration process used here keeps the skins and seeds in contact with the wine for far longer than the typical 7 to 10 days that a red wine would spend on skins. The skins and seeds of a grape are where the phenols are located; these are the molecules that give wines their colour and tannin structure. As you would expect, the longer the skins are in contact with the wine, the more tannin content in the resulting wine. Curiously, this