

Vintage: | 2013 |
Source/Region: | Barossa Valley, South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Shiraz |
Cellaring: | Drink now or over next 5-10 years. |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 14.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.60 |
Rating: | 0 |
Dark purple red in colour. Quite aromatic for such a traditional style Barossa Shiraz, the nose displays abundant fruit with layers of plush dark plums, black currant and a lovely earth character balanced by French oak. A full-bodied Barossa Shiraz highlighting why I feel the Western Barossa Valley produces the best fruit. This is a throw back to 2010 vintage in style with amazing Nebbiolo like tannins that are supported by dark fruits and balanced acidity. Notes of Cherry, licorice and white pepper adds complexity while the balance of fruit intensity and oak provide this wine with great line and length.
2013 was a high quality, very low yielding vintage for my vineyards once again - similar in structure and style to the 2010 vintage wines I made. The winter leading into vintage 2013 was dry, the further lack of rain in October/November dropped yields by up to 50% across all my vineyards. The fruit was crushed, de-stemmed and left on skins in open top fermenters for 8-10 days. A slow ferment then occurred with temperatures ranging from 15- 18C, the wine had open pump-overs and hand plunging to ensure fruit intensity. Once fermentation was completed the wine was pressed into old French barrels that were re-shaved just for this wine. The wine spent 24 months in oak to mature until I felt the time was right to bottle. Final barrel selection ensured only the best of the best wine made it into the final blend before bottling with minimal fining or filtration.
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