• 2018
  • Barossa Valley

Shiraz

$70
  • Category Red
  • Varietal Shiraz
  • Range Collection
  • Region Barossa Valley
  • Wine Style Big & bold
  • Food Pairing Roasted leg of lamb, beef stew, barbecued meats and vegetables, platter of mature hard and blue cheese
Description

This Shiraz is right where we want it – rich and full-bodied yet graceful and supple. A wine bursting with cherry fruit and spice flavours.

'2018 was a season responsible for a wide-ranging tranche of fresh, red-fruited red wines in South Australia. It was a burster. Here, in the 2018 Collection Barossa Shiraz, we see some of those fruits starting to move beyond their primary stage and morph into spicy, toasted, roasted fruits. The tannins are velvety soft, and this has a core of succulent, compelling fruit. A lovely wine.'  Erin Larkin, Robert Parker Wine Advocate

Celebrating the Year of the Dragon? This wine is now available in a stunning red and gold Year of the Dragon gift box.

 

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  • Category Red
  • Varietal Shiraz
  • Range Collection
  • Region Barossa Valley
  • Wine Style Big & bold
  • Food Pairing Roasted leg of lamb, beef stew, barbecued meats and vegetables, platter of mature hard and blue cheese

TASTING NOTES

Grown in the heart of the Barossa Valley, this is a concentrated yet refined wine with rich dark plums and blackberry fruits layered with spicy cedar and vanilla oak and velvety, fine tannin.

SERVING TEMPERATURE | 13˚C - 18˚C
CELLAR POTENTIAL | 2035

SEASON

After being hit by spring frost the vineyard bounced back, albeit with diminished yields. January and February were dry and warm and some hot patches in February put the brakes on ripening. Milder warm weather continued into autumn, allowing good hang time for development of complex flavours. Our Shiraz harvest took place in the first two weeks of April.

WINEMAKING

The fruit was fermented in open and static fermenters with pumping over and hand plunging. The wine was aged in a mix of seasoned and new barrels for 15 months. We use a selection of French barrels for tasty and nuanced oak character.

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