$55.00
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Region: McLaren Vale
Grapes: Shiraz
First Glance: Spicy, Dark Fruited, Layered, Elegant
Acclaim: 96pts
The Wine:
20% Whole bunch, remaining selectively berry sorted and crushed. Open fermenters and on skins for approximately 20 days. A gentle maceration principle of wetting the cap and only draining and returning as required. Wild yeast ferment. Basket pressed with only the lightest pressings included with the free run. Matured in French and Austrian oak 25hL foudre for a total of 16 months. Bottled August 2024. Certified Organic/Biodynamic.
Powerful, elegant and aromatic. Brambly red and blueberry fruit, winter spices, liquorice, black cherry. Balanced textural palate.
The Review:
Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion - 96pts
"From the 2.3ha Block 12, a southeast-facing sand and ironstone outcrop; 20% whole bunch, with 80% sorted and crushed; matured in 2500L French and Austrian oak for 16 months. This opens with a little reductive cloak, which is appealing in itself, if a little occluding of the fruit. Initially at least. There’s a Rhône-like feel, with a spicy, smoky angle. Fruit flavours roll through blackberry pastille, blueberry, tart boysenberry and black cherry, accented with malted barley, rolling tobacco, roasted meat, freshly ground coffee, star anise, cassia and allspice. There’s an underlying finesse here, as with all the ‘23s, both red and white. Excellent."
