Wine Detail
Colour: Deep crimson red
Aroma: Dark cherries and blue fruits with undertones of stewed fruit and plums with a hint of tobacco.
Palate: Medium to full palate weight, powerful flavours of spice, pepper and sumac. Structural powdery tannins provide a dry finish to compliment the dark fruits.
Vintage: 2019
Grape Variety: Shiraz
Wine Analysis: Alc/Vol 14.1%, Acidity 6.2 g/L, pH 3.67, RS <0.11g/150ml glass
Serving Temperature: 16-18 °C
Wine Making
Vinification: 34 mths in new & seasoned French Oak hogsheads.
Vintage Conditions: In 2019, exceptional winter rainfall gave us a full soil moisture profiles and budburst occurred on par with long term averages with very solid early shoot growth. Mid December through to the early March was extremely dry with virtually no rainfall. The mild days and cool nights in late February and early March aided in the final ripen creating strong varietal characters and crisp natural acids.
Vine Clone: BVRC 30
Harvest Date: March 28, 2019
Awards
95 Wine Showcase Magazine
94 Wine Pilot
94 Wine Orbit
93 Australian International Wine Show
92 Halliday
91 Winestate
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