The 2021 Family Selection Shiraz entices with its aromatic blend of dark cherries, blue fruits, and satsuma plum, perfectly balanced with charry French oak. This full-bodied wine offers a rich palate of ripe blackcurrant jam and cassia bark spice, with hints of tobacco and clove, leading to a velvety, expansive finish that showcases its excellent complexity.
$48.00
Colour: Deep purple
Aroma: Dark cherries and blue fruits with satsuma plum balance a top charry French oak.
Palate: Rich tapestry of ripe blackcurrant, raspberry, and cherry, accented by notes of tobacco and leather, all wrapped in fine tannins for a velvety finish.
Vintage: 2021
Grape Variety: Shiraz
Wine Analysis: Alc/Vol 14.3%, Acidity 6g/L, pH 3.62, RS <0.075 g/150ml glass
Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
Vinification: Combination of new & seasoned French and American hogsheads for 24 months.
Vintage Conditions: Good winter rainfall meant near full soil moisture profiles at budburst. Moderate rain during early spring encouraged good shoot growth, with a quick and even flowering resulting in excellent fruit set. Mild & dry conditions, without any significant extremes continued throughout the growing season. Production levels were excellent, above long term averages and the mild & slow ripening conditions enabled strong varietal character to develop. Vintage was dry and the weather stable so fruit was harvested, at optimal flavour development and high natural acidity. A “goldilocks” vintage.
Vine Clone: BVRC 30
Harvest Date: April 10, 2021
95 Wine Orbit- “Gorgeously ripe and enticing, the bouquet shows blackberry, toasted spice, cedar and vanilla aromas, leading to a wonderfully weighted palate thats supple and expansive. Splendidly styled with excellent complexity, finishing velvety and delectable.”- Sam Kim January 2024
94 Wine Showcase Magazine
93 Wine Business Magazine – “A meaty, full and potent Shiraz with lots of ripe red berry fruit characters, raspberry, cherry, strawberry, all of which are married to saltbush, salted liquorice, cardamom spice notes, mint and faint eucalpytus. Pleasing stuff and distinctly regional. The texture is round and broad with a sheath of grunty tannin tightening to a chewy pucker. ” – Mike Bennie June 2024
92 Halliday- “Purple violets, blueberries and bilberry. Blackcurrant jam and cassia bark spice. A dusty hint of powdered cinnamon and Nyons olive. The palate shows acute angles and elements of tobacco, leather and clove. Tannins are fine and integrated, and the woodsy spice shines through.”- Shanteh Wale February 2024
91 Double Gold Gilbert Gaillard International Challenge
