2023 Brothers In A Box Light Red 2L

A light, crisp and oh so fresh Clare Valley blend of Grenache and Syrah.

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The Light Red from the Brothers Koerner is made in a drink now style, intended to be a fun time, easy drinking red.

The Brothers wines from the Koerner boys aim to be a fresh expression of both the Clare Valley and Adelaide Hills, and this Light Red is exactly that. Bright and fruit-driven, it's pretty and fragrant, with zingy acidity driving the structure.

This isn’t a wine that’s meant to be pondered or pontificated over. Rather crack it, get it in a glass, and enjoy. A wine that is made for pure bacchanalian pleasure.

"Arguably the best thing in a box I have ever tried. And geez, I want some in my bar fridge ongoing."
- 93 pts, Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

Bright & Light Red - fresh, crisp and super easy drinking

Varieties: 50% Grenache & 50% Vermentino

Vineyard: Gullyview Vineyard, Watervale - Clare Valley

Soil type: Terra Rosa - Red Clay on limestone

Picking date: March 18 & 20, 2023

Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard

Processing: Grenache: Cold soaking for between 1 & 5 days before destemming. Vermentino: partial destem to fermentor for maceration, partial tank ferment

Time on skins: Gren: 1-5 days. Verm 7 days

Pressing: Free run and pressings combined

Settling: Settled for dirt for 24 hours

Fermentation: Gren: Natural ferment in 2000L foudre for 3 weeks. Verm: Natural ferment in steel for 2 - 3 weeks

Ageing Vessel: Stainless steel tanks for 4 months on fine lees

Filtration: Sterile

Fining: No

Alc: 12.3%

pH: 3.5

TA: 5.5

SO2: 27 free / 41 total

Production: 1500 2L boxes

93 points - "So fresh, so bright, light and frisky. A few pay grades above rose but not much. Sour cherry, faint saline notes, alpine herbs, a bit of tonic water character and sweet spice going on. It’s the ultimate chillable red for this format, faintly shaped with tannin, juicy and ready to annihilate with impunity. A chill will deliver even more pleasure. Arguably the best thing in a box I have ever tried. And geez, I want some in my bar fridge ongoing." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

Koerner

The Koerner brothers, Damon and Jono, are on a mission to reimagine the Clare Valley.

Working with their established family vineyard and other neighbouring sites they manage, the boys play with a mix of 'classic' Clare Valley varieties such as Riesling, Cabernet and Malbec, as well as a suite of alternate varieties including Carignan, Sciacarello and Australia's best Vermentinos, that show a different side of this iconic Australian wine region.

With excellent farming and contemporary hands-off winemaking, often utilising terracotta and ceramic vessels for fermenting, these wines are fresh, flavoursome and full of character. A star on the rise.

The Koerner brothers, Jono and Damon - Clare Valley, SA Koerner

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