PRE - VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Winter (average) | Spring (above average).
TEMPERATURE: Warm Spring and early Summer | No extreme heat.
UPSHOT: Consistent flowering and fruit set | Healthy canopy
VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Summer (below average) | Autumn (light).
TEMPERATURE: Days (cool - below average) | Nights (cool).
UPSHOT: Mild, even consistent ripening conditions | Gradual and dense flavour accumulation | High natural acidity.
SEPPELTSFIELD VINEYARD
BLOCK: H Block.
VINEYARD: Deep red clay loam | Western bank of Greenock Creek | Old Clone | Low topographical position | Slight Easterly aspect | East-West oriented rows.
UPSHOT: Reduced natural vine vigour | Intense & vibrant.
HARVEST: 13 & 26 April 2023.
FERMENTATON: De-stemmed | 12 days on skins | Basket Pressed
65% New French Oak | Natural malolactic fermentation
22 months maturation
CELLARING: DRINK NOW TO 2035+
SENSORIAL
PROFILE: Blackberry | Dark chocolate | Cedar | Vanilla | Mint
TEXTURE: Concentrated structure | Rich & Powerful
96 POINTS, HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
The classic Australian red blend; a 60/40 split in this particular wine from the H-Block vineyard next to the cellar door. This is a traditional, classically structured and undoubtedly impressive shiraz cabernet with ripe plum, blackberry and mulberry fruits, hints of cedar, fruitcake, vanillin oak, baking spices, tobacco leaf, roast meats and earth. The fruit presence is deep and resonant, with impressive purity, density and flow. It has very fine, silty tannins, bright acidity and a finish that draws out beautifully, fading slowly over time with palate memories of spice and dark fruits - Dave Brookes, Halliday Wine Companion
