The flagship savoury Italian-inspired red blend from Australia’s only plantings of Rondinella and Corvina grapes.
TASTING NOTES
In a generous glass this mid-weight FREEMAN Secco 2013 displays complex and enveloping aromas ranging from fresh berries to morello cherries and panforte mingled with undertones of earthy mushroom, typically associated with dried grapes and classic Amarone wines. These traits and fruit richness help create the lingering palate – savoury, complex and textural with a soft tannin frame and balancing acid, ensuring this wine will continue to evolve for many years yet.
WINEMAKING
The grapes were progressively harvested from late April into May, three months after most varieties. A selection of both varieties was dried slowly for up to 10 days, the desiccated grapes added to the remaining harvest for fermentation. The young intense tannin wines were aged separately in old oak barrels for two years, prior to blending and bottling in 2015. Subsequently, the wine was cellared another two years at 14oC to allow the tannins to integrate and enrich the palate.
‘This full-bodied wine is intense, rich and chocolaty, with hints of dried fruit along the plum-prune spectrum. It finishes long and velvety, with the concentration to support aging through at least 2025.’
Freeman Vineyards is located in the Hilltops region of New South Wales. This specialist family wine company was established in 1999 by viticulturist Dr Brian Freeman,previously professor of Wine Science at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga.
The estate comprises several elevated blocks located within a radius of six kilometres on a 560-meter ridge. This high and cool location and the well-structured free-draining decomposed granite soils have proven ideally suited to viticulture.
HILLTOPS (YOUNG) NSW
Hilltops is in the southern region of New South Wales and sits atop a large granite rock. This big rock is 150km long and 50km wide and blocks the westward flow of the Murrumbidgee River from Australia’s national capital, Canberra.
We are a family owned Fine Wine Wholesaler. Our portfolio includes domestic and imported wines from: France, Portugal, Japan and New Zealand.
We work with passionate families, who are committed to excellence and their environment. Our focus in on bio-dynamically and organically produced wines.
