From the Winery

This wine is blended from vineyards selected across McLaren Vale. We aim to produce a great example of what the region stands for; great drinking, unique wines made from Shiraz. 2013 was a steady ripening year with good winter/spring rains, setting up excellent vine canopies. A mild, dry summer followed without any prolonged periods of extreme heat, allowing the fruit to develop fresh, bright and intense characters. The steady ripening period made harvest a breeze with the winemakers able to harvest each parcel at optimal ripeness.

These grapes are brought into our Vintage House, the oldest part of our winery, and crushed into 70 year old concrete vats where the fermentation is initiated by the indigenous “wild” yeasts found on the grape skins. Careful extraction and short post fermentation maceration is followed by pressing. The resultant wine is transferred to American oak barrels where the malolactic fermentation is completed before racking and maturation for 14-16 months in barrels. A careful assemblage and barrel selection is followed by minimal fi ltration and bottling on our BRC accredited lines.