Product Description
Rich, sweet and luscious with fine emery tannins giving the wine an appealing dry finish.
| Awards: | Best Reds Under $20 Ray Jordan West Australian. |
| Region: | 100% Five Ashes Vineyard, Margaret River. |
| Colour: | Hamelin Bay`s Rampant Red has brilliant clarity with medium to heavy intensity with a ruby red centre and pale red/pink hue. |
| Bouquet: | The nose displays lifted cassis and mint, with underlying leather, chocolate and coffee bean. |
| Palate: | The palate is rich, sweet and luscious with fine emery tannins giving the wine an appealing dry finish. |
| Source: | Five Ashes Vineyard, Margaret River |
| Vintage Characteristics: | Warm dry vintage. |
| Vinification: | Open and static stainless steel fermenters, left on skins for 11 to 36 days post ferment. |
| Cellaring Potential: | Suggested Best 2003 to 2005; Suggested Maximum 2009. |
| Oak Treatment: | 16 months maturation in barriques, with 6% new French oak. |
| Serving Suggestion: | Chicken ravioli and antipasto. |
| Alcohol: | 14.5% |
| Sweetness: | Dry |
| Residual Sugar: | 3.9g/L |
| pH: | 3.54 |
| Acidity: | 6g/L |
| Harvest Date: | March 2001 |
| Bottling Date: | December 2002 |
