Description
"Perched high up on the hillside of the Eden Valley, this beautifully positioned vineyard is surrounded by ancient Yaccas. The soil here is a mix of both quartz and ironstone and the vineyard’s high altitude allows for slow ripening that leads to a very soft and elegant Shiraz. Crushed & de-stemmed, fermented in 5 tonne stainless. Time on skins 10 days, pumped over 2-3 times a day. Free run and pressings were combined into tank then racked off gross lees into oak where malolactic fermentation occurred. Bottled with minimal fining and without filtration. 18 months in 1-6 year with 20% new French oak, puncheons. Always bottled in November the following vintage.
I love the fact that you can drive 12 minutes due east of the winery and it feels like you have driven a world away. Surrounded by rolling hills, gum trees, pastures and 500 year old Yacca plants. This site has a special feeling, it is incredibly peaceful and serene. From a winemaker’s point of view the soil composition is so interesting, ancient and full of decomposing rock, and then of course we come to the wine. Not as bold or as rich as the Western Ranges yet more detailed, finer and more aromatic." - Winemaker Notes
Deep, bright purple. Powerful mineral- and spice-tinged black and blue fruit scents are complemented by cola, candied licorice, violet face powder and vanilla. Distinctly lively for its power, offering sweet blackcurrant and fruitcake flavors and an exotic Indian spice quality. Shows superb intensity and thrust on the finish, which is firmed by broad, velvety tannins that fade into the wine's plush fruit." - 94 Points, Josh Raynolds, Vinous
