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Halcyon Days 2024 Alcyone
Halcyon Days 2024 Alcyone
11.5% Alc
Heretaunga- Hawke's Bay
Biogro certified organic, no additions.
100% Sangiovese
Grapes grown by Andrew Colman at the beautiful certified Osawa Vineyard.
Alcyone (Olly pronounces it with a hard “c”, as in Al-kai-oh-nee, while Amy pronounces it “Al-see-own” – take your pick!) is one of the nymphs, or pleiades, in Greek mythology (from which we get the name of the kingfisher, Halcyon). It is also the brightest of the stars in the Pleiades, or Matariki.
Our 2024 Alcyone is bursting with flavour and freshness. Naturally lower in alcohol but with plenty of substance, it's a vibrant juicy expression of Sangiovese with a fine tannin structure and a moreish finish.
We made this wine to showcase an expression of a lighter red wine with no oak. We wanted to show how the fruit tannin provides a fine structure, in balance with the fleshy fruit and bright acid. Sangiovese is the ideal grape for this, bringing elegance and energy like no other red – and that's why we love it!
All grapes for Alcyone come from the beautiful, certified organic, Osawa vineyard in the Mangatahi subregion. Mangatahi is situated on the southern alluvial river terraces of the Ngaruroro Moko tū-ā-raro-ki-Rangatira Awa. With a higher elevation than the Heretaunga plains, it is slightly cooler, with more influence from the Kaweka and Ruahine pae maunga to the west. The soils are sandy loam over alluvial gravels with a ferrous content (referred to as “red metals” in Aotearoa).
Sangiovese is one of our favorite grape varieties but is rare in Aotearoa. We are lucky to have a contract for the Sangiovese block at Osawa vineyard. This was planted at Osawa in 2006, and is composed entirely of clone SG 12T on Schwarzman rootstock. It is well-suited to this climate and site, and creates energetic wines with a lovely fruit expression and a light tannic edge.
The grapes were handpicked and then tipped, whole-bunch, into an open fermenter. The wine fermented spontaneously with ambient yeasts on skins and with very gentle extraction over 10 days. It was pressed and underwent malolactic fermentation and aging in the tank.
Like all our wines, Alcyone was made with no additions, fining or filtration.
Analysis: pH 3.26, TA 7.7, Alc 11.5% RS 0.0
Halcyon Days 2024 Alcyone
Halcyon Days 2024 Alcyone
11.5% Alc
Heretaunga- Hawke's Bay
Biogro certified organic, no additions.
100% Sangiovese
Grapes grown by Andrew Colman at the beautiful certified Osawa Vineyard.
Alcyone (Olly pronounces it with a hard “c”, as in Al-kai-oh-nee, while Amy pronounces it “Al-see-own” – take your pick!) is one of the nymphs, or pleiades, in Greek mythology (from which we get the name of the kingfisher, Halcyon). It is also the brightest of the stars in the Pleiades, or Matariki.
Our 2024 Alcyone is bursting with flavour and freshness. Naturally lower in alcohol but with plenty of substance, it's a vibrant juicy expression of Sangiovese with a fine tannin structure and a moreish finish.
We made this wine to showcase an expression of a lighter red wine with no oak. We wanted to show how the fruit tannin provides a fine structure, in balance with the fleshy fruit and bright acid. Sangiovese is the ideal grape for this, bringing elegance and energy like no other red – and that's why we love it!
All grapes for Alcyone come from the beautiful, certified organic, Osawa vineyard in the Mangatahi subregion. Mangatahi is situated on the southern alluvial river terraces of the Ngaruroro Moko tū-ā-raro-ki-Rangatira Awa. With a higher elevation than the Heretaunga plains, it is slightly cooler, with more influence from the Kaweka and Ruahine pae maunga to the west. The soils are sandy loam over alluvial gravels with a ferrous content (referred to as “red metals” in Aotearoa).
Sangiovese is one of our favorite grape varieties but is rare in Aotearoa. We are lucky to have a contract for the Sangiovese block at Osawa vineyard. This was planted at Osawa in 2006, and is composed entirely of clone SG 12T on Schwarzman rootstock. It is well-suited to this climate and site, and creates energetic wines with a lovely fruit expression and a light tannic edge.
The grapes were handpicked and then tipped, whole-bunch, into an open fermenter. The wine fermented spontaneously with ambient yeasts on skins and with very gentle extraction over 10 days. It was pressed and underwent malolactic fermentation and aging in the tank.
Like all our wines, Alcyone was made with no additions, fining or filtration.
Analysis: pH 3.26, TA 7.7, Alc 11.5% RS 0.0
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