VARIETY: 100% Shiraz

100%: Organic | Biodynamic

REGION: McLaren Vale

COLOUR: Dense purple with red hues

AROMA: A great density of fruit with layers of chocolate, plum, mocha and vanillin spice

PALATE: Full bodied wine with a beautiful primary fruit character of sour cherry and Empress plums. Lovely integration of oak and fruit with a seamless texture and tannin profile.

DRINK WITH: Barbecued anythingor Veal Schnitzel

CELLARING:

This wine gives the best of both worlds: fantastic when young, but careful cellaring for 10-15 years will be rewarded

 

WINEMAKING & VINTAGE

VINTAGE:

2017 was a fantastic year for winemaking in McLaren Vale. We had an extremely wet winter and our vineyards reached full saturation point. Spring brought very consistent fruit set and flowering. The rain continued throughout summer and mild days with cool nights allowed for a slow ripening season. These conditions resulted in fragrant whites with lower acidity, and elegant reds with very attractive primary fruit flavours and lower alcohols

 

VINIFICATION:

Individual parcels from each vineyard were selected when they reached optimum sugar and flavour equilibrium. The parcels were kept separate throughout picking, de-stemming and fermenting, to ensure the resultant selections of wine were of the highest quality. Fermentation was carried out in open and static fermenters. During this process, each parcel was plunged and pumped over twice a day for 14 days, to extract colour, flavour and tannin structure. The ferments were pressed to new and mature American and French oak barriques, where they were nurtured for 12 months prior to blending and bottling.

 

ALCOHOL: 13.5%

PH: 3.50

TA: 6.04g/L

TOTAL SO2: 65ppm

WINEMAKER: Richard Freebairn