The Redman Wines family has had a proud involvement with Coonawarra for over 100 years.
Much of the current Viticultural and winemaking philosophies are based on the knowledge and experience gained over these years. Bruce Redman’s son Daniel, the fourth generation of Redman wines in Coonawarra, joined the family business in 2008.
The family celebrated 100 years of Redman wines in Coonawarra in 2008. Since exhibiting and winning its first wine show award in 1947, the Redman family have won over 2,000 wine show awards.
WINEMAKERS COMMENTS
'The Redman' represents the finest fruit grown on the Redman family’s 40 year vineyards in the heart of Coonawarra. Each year we earmark the very best parcels of wine to blend together to produce just 8 hogsheads (2,400 litres) of this flagship wine.
The grapes were picked and fermented in static stainless and open concrete fermenters for seven days then half the wine was run off skins and transferred to new French oak hogsheads. After completion of fermentation in these barrels, the wine was racked off lees, the barrels rinsed and the wine returned. The remainder of the wine was transferred to two and three year old French oak hogsheads after malolactic fermentation was complete.
In November we rigorously selected the very best Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Shiraz wines, which were then judiciously blended and transferred back into oak. The wine then spent a further nine months in oak prior to being bottled. The wine has been further matured in bottle prior to being released for sale. There is only 200 dozen of this our flagship wine produced.
TASTING NOTES
Medium to deep brick red. Aged characters of tobacco, cigar box, leather and earth are apparent on the bouquet. Fine structured with soft tannin and acid backbone with intense fruit characters and hints of mint. The flavours persist into the long dry finish.
WINEMAKERS: Bruce and Malcolm Redman
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