2020 was a big year at Black Bank Hill.   An exceptional vintage coincided with harvesting our first small lots of black grapes from the Black Bank Hill vineyard: Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc.

We produced our first wines from the home vineyard, an Estate Syrah, Estate Cabernet Franc and the first Runway Red (60% Merlot, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Cabernet Franc).

While our 2020 Syrah and 2020 Twenty Mile Bench Pinot Noir have been singing and well featured in our tasting room all year, the Cabernet-based wines have been quietly resting in the cellar to further develop in bottle.  Well, they too want to join the chorus, and after 18-months in barrel and an additional 18-months in bottle, are both now in fine drinking form with many years ahead of them.

Experience Black Bank Hill's entire fantastic 2020 vintage with Black Bank Hill with the 2020 Vintage 6-pack.

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tasting notes for each wine.

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Black Bank Hill 2021 Estate Vineyard Viognier, Lincoln Lakeshore VQA
Black Bank Hill 2021 Estate Vineyard Viognier, Lincoln Lakeshore VQA

Black Bank Hill 2021 Estate Vineyard Viognier, Lincoln Lakeshore VQA

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100% estate grown Viognier, medium golden straw colour.  Lovely aromas and flavours of nectarine, peach, citrus zest, candied ginger, white flowers, honeysuckle, orange blossom, orange liqueur, cloves.

The wine has medium-plus weight, a pleasant creaminess and lightly oily texture.  Medium acidity supports a long and somewhat spicy finish revealing notes of ginger, cloves and black pepper.

The fruit was hand-picked 13 October 2021 and underwent a wild fermentation in barrel to dry at 2.4 g/L residual sugar and 13.4% abv, with 18-months élevage in barrel on lees. Estate bottled 3 May 23. 73 cases made.

[Tasting note: 18 September 2023]