Organic. This is the second release under Corofin’s newly minted ‘regional’ label―you could consider these the estate’s village-level wines. Don’t let that fool you; there’s very impressive material in these wines. This year, the blend comprises fruit from two vineyards in the Brancott Valley, Wrekin (55%) and Folium (45%). Planted by Fromm in 1996, the Folium Vineyard is an organically tended site on Southern Valley clay (around 1.5 metres deep with gravelly silt on top). The site is dry-grown, and Corofin works with just five rows―a total of 1,200 vines. The Wrekin Vineyard is a small, organic-certified (BioGro), biodynamically farmed site at the top of the Brancott Valley.
Wrekin was picked on 19th March, and Folium followed three days later. All the fruit was pressed gently as bunches and transferred to seasoned puncheons and two stainless-steel barrels for fermentation and malolactic conversion. After 12 months, the wine was transferred to tank for a further eight months’ maturation before being bottled without fining or filtration.