ANGULLONG FOSSIL HILL TEMPRANILLO 2019
| Grape: | 100% Tempranillo |
| Vineyard: | Angullong |
| Origin: | Orange, NSW, Australia |
| Vintage: | 2019 |
| ABV%: | 14.5% |
| Colour: | Dark ruby with a youthful purple hue |
| Aromas: | Complex aromas of fragrant red berries, plum, and leather, within a context of herbs and spice |
| Flavours: | Youthful and fresh darkberries, herbs and savoury flavours. It is a firm wine with attractive oak, texture and integrated chewy tannins that will soften with time. |
Winemaker's Highlights
Fermented in open fermenters followed by maturation in French oak (20% new with the balance comprising 2 and 3 year old puncheons) for 12 months.
PEAK DRINKING: This wine is drinking well now, and will develop well over the medium term.
FOOD MATCHES: Roast or barbequed meats; venison, lamb and beef.
Angullong is located amongst the picturesque foothills of Mount Canobolas in the high elevation, cool climate wine region of Orange, New South Wales, about 350km west of Sydney. The region’s cool climate and ancient soils have combined with careful hands-on viticultural management to produce quality fruit and wines with great regional character.