Grapes yielding a mere 1½ bottles are selectively hand picked off vines grown to complex silts, alluvial sands, a high percentage of clay and a conglomerate rich in minerals, all very similar to those found in Bordeaux. Berries are further sorted upon arrival to the wineworks, de-stemmed, gently crushed and vinified for three to four weeks at 28C before being treated to full malolactic in a combination of barrels and fermenters. Matured fifteen months in a selection of French oak barriques before assemblage, bottled and treated to another year of ageing under the Biserno cellars before release. Alcohol 14.5%