BERNESH BRAY FINE OLD LIQUEUR TAWNY

Shottesbrooke “Bernesh Bray” Liqueur Tawny is named after the hundred of Bernesh & the hundred of Bray which make up the parish of Shottesbrooke in Berkshire, England. Richard Holmes, Nick Holmes’ Grandfather, was the vicar of the 14th Century church from 1905 – 1926.

The grapes for this luscious dessert wine were produced on dry grown bush vine Grenache. The vineyard was planted more than fifty years ago when high quality dessert wine was the main stay of the McLaren Vale vine industry.

This wine is a blend of the ten vintages from 1990 - 1999. Each vintage was picked at not less than 17.5 Be when a
proportion of the berries had raisened. After crushing and partial fermentation on skins the wine was pressed and
fortified with a natural grape spirit before being transferred to barriques for maturation.

The raisined grape, combine with the ‘rancio’ of barrel development and lifted spirit warmth, to deliver a luscious
mouth weight but beautifully clean finish.

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