Tasting Notes for Hochkirch Syrah from the Winery

The cool conditions of 2021 were ideal for creating the Hochkirch Syrah style. The fruit was hand-harvested from 10- to 30-year-old vines on basalt, gravel and loam soils. 75% of the fruit was destemmed to small, open fermenters with the remaining 25% processed as whole bunches. After 21 days (and some human pigeage), the fruit was sent to small, old French oak where it went through malo. It was then racked to barrel for approximately 14 months. No additions.

Previous Vintage Notes

"A most versatile variety, Shiraz can produce greatness across a perplexing breadth of terroir. In our cold climate we sit on the edge of its climatic range and each year we are astonished at its expression of our place. Falling bright with gravity our wines are neither fined nor filtered and in some years show an opaque richness as testament to this natural process. Bottled by hand using natural corks, our wine of course contains no animal products or GMOs." John Nagorcka - Hochkirch Winery, Tarrington VIC

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