Punt Road Wines Gamay 2022 (6 Bottles) Yarra Valley

by CellarHand

$169.00 GST Included

AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED

This is a Gamay with universal appeal. Cool spice and cherry-pulp substance in the mouth, silky tannins and 2021’s bright-acid streak carry it with a jolly buoyancy. Winemaker Tim Shand loves this grape, and it seems to love him back. Another cracker from Punt Road – jump on it!

What I was chasing this year with the Punt Road Gamay, in light of the cooler year and the 2019 being quite funky and bunchy, was clarity/purity with vibrant red fruit and no herbal characters. So we picked a touch earlier, whole bunch elements were less macerated and more carbonic, and we had a higher proportion of destemmed fruit/cold soak (60%).

Bunch and berry ferments were pressed together for maturation in old French puncheons for nine months. A minimal addition of SO2 was made in September. The ine was racked and coarsely filtered, bottled in December with no finings.

Certainly the bright fruit aromatics are there, but I really like the tension between the fruit and the acid and the quite insistent 2021 tannin profile. It’s light on its feet but then hits you with a lingering core of savouriness. Our Airlie Bank Garden Red has a similar profile. – Tim Shand, Punt Road

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About Punt Road Wines, Yarra Valley

Everything we do comes from our home in Coldstream…ideas are born here, the grapes are grown here, and our wines are crafted and shared here. As a family owned vineyard and winery, we aim to create wines that reflect the heritage of our site, and the independent, creative energy of the Yarra Valley. Winemaker Tim Shand guides the path of fruit from more than 150 acres of estate-grown vineyards.

Our Range….
Winemaker Tim Shand selects fruit from over 150 acres of estate-grown vineyards on our 300 acre farm. We’ve planted several varieties over the past 27 years to best suit this site including Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Gamay Noir, Pinot Noir, Shiraz, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. These varieties shine in different ways across these two distinctive expressions.

Our Philosophy…
“We only produce wines from our own vineyard in Coldstream, a deliberate, and to us, significant decision. It gives us the opportunity to put all our focus on our one patch of dirt and provides us with a greater understanding of our site along with 13 vintages of cellar memory to draw on.”  Tim Shand, Head Winemaker

Winemaking Technique…
Using minimalist intervention winemaking techniques allows us to deliver wines of outstanding quality, highlighting season variations.

CellarHand

CellarHand is a fine-wine importer and wholesale distributor, with a portfolio featuring some of the most sought-after estates of Germany, Austria, France and Italy, as well some of the greatest producers from Australia and New Zealand. Our ethos has always been to build a portfolio as you’d construct the perfect wine list. We work with small, family producers who express the best of their regions. The wines we sell are the wines we enjoy, and the people who make them are like family to us. They are wines that taste of where they come from, and though they’re steeped in history and stamped with the signature of their terroir, they’re more than ever relevant – and desirable – to the Australian diner of today.

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