Massena Barossa Valley
Massena was established at the turn of the century by Jaysen Collins and Dan Standish. Growing up amongst the old vines of the Barossa inspired a collaboration in making wines of character, balance and a reflection of the sense of enjoyment in the whole winemaking process. The search for amazing vineyards continued year after year which culminated in welcoming Stonegarden custodian Glen Monaghan into the Massena collective. Massena wines are made with a view that each wine has a context. With food, with friends, for no reason whatsoever, they are there to be enjoyed.
WINEMAKING
Massena is all about making wine from great vineyards and the way they go about it reflects this simplicity, with minimal intervention in the winery.
Hand harvesting allows some whole bunch inclusion and the vineyard’s indigenous yeast is used in all ferments.
White wines are whole bunch pressed and fermentation is carried out in either temperature controlled stainless steel tanks or seasoned french barriques. Long ferments on lees give extra complexity, mouthfeel and texture.
The red wines are made quite traditionally, with open top fermentation, gentle extraction and basket pressing followed by ageing on lees in new and seasoned French oak barrels. Extended time on skins post ferment is used to build tannin structure and a savoury profile.
Massena wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered and have minimal sulphur added.
Stonegarden GMS 2017
Grape Variety: Grenache Mataro Shiraz
Origin: Single vineyard wine from the distinguished Stonegarden vineyard in the Eden Valley, with old vine heritage and limited production. The wines produced from this special piece of history are something to behold, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache and Riesling while singing their respective varietal character, have a common vineyard thread of beautiful aromatics and subtle minerality.
Elevation: 394m above sea level
Bottles produced: 2,016
Soil Type: Once part of an ancient sea bed, the thin loam soils sit above a substrate of red clay containing rose quartz and black mica schist fragments. In the heat of summer, cool breezes and low night temperatures promote long, slow ripening of fruit resulting in complex flavours with balanced acidity and fine, silky tannin.
Sub Region: Springton, Eden Valley
Winemaking: The historic Stonegarden planting of Grenache can contain a proportion of other varieties inter-planted amongst the bush vines. This wine was made using grapes sourced from a section of the Stonegarden property that contain a denser proportion of Mataro and Shiraz amongst the Grenache. Wild fermented with 100% whole bunch inclusion, then aged on lees in seasoned French oak puncheons for 12 months and bottled without fining or filtration.
Cellaring: A decade or more.
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