PRE-VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Average Winter rainfall | Above average Spring rainfall.
TEMPERATURE: Warm Spring to early Summer | No extreme heat events.
UPSHOT: Consistent flowering and fruit set | Healthy leaf/canopies | Controlled development.
VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Dry Summer and Autumn.
TEMPERATURE: Below average daytime temperatures | Cool nights.
UPSHOT: Consistent ripening conditions | Extended even flavour development | High natural acid | Wines of power and elegance.
G-BLOCK: Shallow red clay loam overlying red plastic clay | North-south oriented rows | Elevated eastern aspect | Long, even sunlight.
UPSHOT: Soft, elegant tannins | Reduced natural vine vigour | Intense and vibrant | Complex aromatic and flavour profile.
HARVEST: 18 FEB - 5 MARCH 2021
100% SHIRAZ
FERMENTATION:De-stemmed | Skin maceration 8-12 days | Open pump-overs & hand plunging | Basket pressed | 55% New French Oak | Natural malolactic fermentation | 22 months maturation.
TECH ANALYSIS: Alcohol 14.8% | pH: 3.55 | Acid: 6.5g/L | RS <1.0g/L
PROFILE: Black Raspberry | Nutmeg | Fresh Mulberry | Vanilla Flower.
TEXTURE: Persistent drive & length | Complex, elegant layers of fruit intensity | Balanced, well-integrated tannins.
