Tokar Estate Tempranillo laurent-perrier A bouquet of blackberry

A bouquet of blackberry

becoming more subtle and elegant and developing ripe fruit notes

and a background note of aniseed

All components were kept on their lees for eight months before bottling for additional texture and complexity

but it is well worth the wait

Tokar Estate Tempranillo laurent-perrier A bouquet of blackberryVineyard It was with good foresight and fortune that Leon Tokar decided to plant Tempranillo, a little known Spanish variety in 1999. We now have the some of the oldest Tempranillo in the Yarra Valley, planted directly outside the Tokar Estate restaurant. Spur pruned to a VSP trellis. The leaves are enormous on the vine so a couple of leaf removals are performed through the growing season to encourage sunlight on to the bunches to enhance the colour