PRE - VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Winter (consistent) | Spring (above average).
TEMPERATURE: Mild Spring and early Summer | No extreme heat.
UPSHOT: Consistent flowering and fruit set | Healthy canopy.
VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Summer (below average) | Autumn (light).
TEMPERATURE: Days (mild - average) | Nights (cool).
UPSHOT: Delayed ripening conditions | Gradual & extended flavour accumulation | Great natural acidity.
SEPPELTSFIELD VINEYARD
B-BLOCK: Deep red clay loam | Eastern bank of Greenock Creek | Low topographical position | Shaded mornings | North-South oriented rows.
UPSHOT: Ripe yet elegant fruit | Soft tannins | Lifted aromatics.
HARVEST: 20 March – 04 April
FERMENTATION: De-stemmed | Combined with wet Viognier skins (3%) | 1/3 fermented off skins in oak | Basket pressed
CELLARING: DRINK NOW TO 2034+
PROFILE: Blueberry | White florals | White pepper | Sage.
TEXTURE: Soft & subtle | Lovely fruit drive | Soft tannin |
Seamlessly integrated oak.
96 POINTS, WINEPILOT
The mirror image to their Beast? This stunning Barossa gem has seen Shiraz from the coolest part of the estate vineyards, co-fermented with a dash of Viognier (3%). This is all in the search for elegance and refinement.
The colour here is a vibrant purple/bruised plum. The nose exhibits notes of chocolate, raspberries, cassis, cocoa powder, tobacco leaves, truffles and blackberries. This is beautifully structured and, in Barossa terms, elegance personified. There is immaculate balance, a seamless, sleek and supple texture with a fine line of acidity, silky tannins and impressive length. Youthful, but it really does possess such promise. Twelve to twenty years.
