Man O'War Ironclad Bordeaux Blend 2022
Waiheke Island,
New Zealand
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Man O'War Ironclad Bordeaux Blend 2022
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About this Wine
country
New Zealand
region
Waiheke Island
variety
Cabernet & Cabernet Blends
Style
Red (Full Bodied)
vintage
2022
closure
Screwcap
Alcohol vol.
14.0
volume
750
Brands
Man O'War
Tasting Notes
Aroma
2022 Ironclad is untamed in the best sense of the word, with dark fruits; plums and berries, wildflowers, crushed rock and iodine creating a complex and lifted aroma profile.
Maturation
18 Months
Palate
The palate shows good density balanced with coastal freshness and finishing with a core of powerful tannins.
Vinification
Sourced from 14 different vineyard sites across 5 varieties the Ironclad is a classic Right Bank Bordeaux style blend. All the vineyards are dry grown, and hand harvested from steep valley sites sheltered from the cooling winds of the Pacific Ocean. Each parcel is fermented separately with wild yeasts in open top fermenters with a total time in vat of 30 days. Pressed and aged separately in 500 litre French Oak puncheons the wines undergo natural malolactic fermentation and rest on gross lees for 18 months. After rigorous tasting and blending trials, the wines are then racked to blend, aged together for a further 6 months before bottling.
Cellaring Potential
The power of the vintage has been tempered at blending with a rare dominance of Merlot over Cabernet Franc giving the wine good early accessibility but clearly a wine suited to ageing.
Vintage Notes
Vintage 2022 was excellent for Bordeaux reds, balanced crops, and a hot and dry season for the region resulted in our second largest harvest of 450 tons across all our vineyard sites.
Region Notes
Waiheke Island, Ponui Island
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