Torzi Matthews is a food and winemaking partnership between Domenic Torzi and Tracy Matthews. Both share a passion and firm conviction of appreciating the value of heritage in the crafting of their wines and olive produce.
In 1996 they stumbled across a small, frost-pocketed hollow in the beautiful Mt McKenzie, Eden Valley and fell in love with the area for its remoteness and its diverse thin soils. The rationale was quite simple: this land would produce low yields of fruit which in turn would translate into flavoursome European style wines – the style of wines needed to match their Mediterranean food.
Torzi Matthews also produces wines under the Vigna Cantina label that introduces their Italian family native varietals and those outside the Italian wares that they seek interest to explore. These wines are truly wonderful in their aromatics and fresh lively fruit flavours that are the pinnacle of Mediterranean food pairing.
Region Barossa Valley
Sub-Region Moppa Hill
Specified Vineyard Domenico Martino
Altitude 310 meters
Vineyard Practices
Family traditional responsible farming methods with a diet of composts, native grasses & flora as ground cover, dry grown and natural sprays for diseases.
Soil Hard melding shales of ironstone, hard clay and white sands
Trellis System Single wire
Varietal Grenache 50% & Mataro 50%
Age of Vines 110 years
Alc/vol 14.2%
Closure Stelvin
Yield per Vine 2 kg / 1.2 ton per acre
Oak Treatment Aged for 14 months in seasoned 3 and 4 year old Burgundian French casks.
Vintage
Good winter rains and good fruit set was a sign of a great start. The summer months between December and March was blessed with mild to warm conditions with no temperature extremes leading into April 11 harvest.
Wine Making
Hand picked, co fermented as one with 30% whole bunch in open top milk vats via natural yeast from the vineyard, basket pressed to barrel and bottled unfined and un filtered.
Taste Expect a wine of purity, freshness and harmony.
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