Paxton MV Shiraz 2018

VARIETY: 100% Shiraz

100%: Organic | Biodynamic

REGION: McLaren Vale

COLOUR: Bright purple with red hues

AROMA: A layering of chocolate, licorice and aniseed with ripe plum and blackcurrant notes.

PALATE: Full-bodied wine with a beautiful primary fruit character of redcurrant and fresh mulberries. Lovely integration of oak gives a seamless texture and tannin profile.

DRINK WITH: Barbecued anything or 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:

2018 Growing season had very good winter rainfall allowing the vineyards to reach saturation point. A very dry spring encouraged healthy foliage growth and controlled the vines vigor well. We experienced one of the driest summers in 30 odd years; this meant a great concentration of flavours and intensity of fruit. The whites reached fruit ripeness with low acidity, therefore, producing a very bright and vibrant flavour profile. A warmer than usual autumn (Indian summer) kept disease pressure low and helped natural malolactic fermentation. All and all, a very strong 2018 vintage with fantastic wines.

 

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 French oak barriques (225L) and American puncheons (500L), where they were nurtured for 12 months prior to blending and bottling.

 

ALCOHOL: 14.0%

PH: 3.43

TA: 6.37g/L

TOTAL SO2: 74ppm

WINEMAKER: Richard Freebairn