Encontro

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‘encontro' | blend of barrel fermented saison | aged onwhole bunch shiraz grapes from Minim (Castlemaine, VIC) | 6.3%Production time | 14 monthsVintage | 2022Blend | 1This is a collaboration with our good friend Tim from @minimwineThis beer started back in March 2022 where Hannah & I drove down to the vineyard in Metcalfe, VIC and loaded 100kg (300g/L) of whole bunch Shiraz into our VC.This blend contained two components:- 50% saison fermented in a puncheon (3 months old)- 50% saison matured in a hogshead (14 months old)This was racked on top of the grapes and left to macerate for 4 months.On blending day we pressed the residual grapes and added in a small portion of pressings for texture.