Wine quality depends on the quality of the grapes and alters with the location of the vines. In this way vats of fermenting grapes display different flavours within the general flavour of the district. After being placed in barrels further minor changes are noticed. Some barrels capture the essence of the vintage in a tiny way that the next barrel does not.
From this common observation Glug commenced the Individual Barrel Selection with the 2015 vintage. At this time, we purchased new machinery from Italy, imagine miniaturising a bottling line like they did with espresso machines for the kitchen, which opened-up new visions. This allows us to bottle single barrels to preserve this difference. We have bottled dozens of single barrels since. They are the ultimate boutique wines.
