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The Virgara Wines range features fruit from our family estate vineyards on the Adelaide Plains at Angle Vale. Cool winter weather with moderate rainfall usually followed by mild springs with complimentary rain showers and ripening in warm to hot summers.
The grapes for our Family range of wines were grown in the Angle Vale region, cropped at 7 tonnes per hectare. A traditional sprawling canopy is used to counter the hot weather during the ripening season.
The grapes were crushed, and fermented on skins for 7 days. The ferment started at 15 degrees Celsius and rose to a peak of 26 degrees Celsius. The cap was pumped over twice daily for a total of 30 minutes. The wine was pressed and then put to a mix of new and 2 year old oak barrels for 18 months of maturation.
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