• 2021
  • McLaren Vale

Shiraz

$29
  • Category Red
  • Varietal Organic Shiraz
  • Range Regional Selections
  • Region McLaren Vale
  • Wine Style Big & bold
  • Food Pairing Beef casserole, pepper steak, spicy meat dishes, beef or lamb hotpot
Description

NASAA Certified Organic (NCO) - Kind to the planet, good for your soul!

'2021 was a glorious season in McLaren Vale, the first in a pair of beauties. In this 2021 Regional Selections McLaren Vale Shiraz, we see the cooler, longer season in play in the aromatic detail and precision that wafts out of the glass. There is blackberry pip, raspberry, licorice, star anise and even black cherries. In the mouth, the wine is texturally silky, plush and long. All things are in balance. This is a lovely wine that delivers pleasure and regionality in equal measure.' Erin Larkin, Robert Parker, Wine Advocate

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  • Category Red
  • Varietal Organic Shiraz
  • Range Regional Selections
  • Region McLaren Vale
  • Wine Style Big & bold
  • Food Pairing Beef casserole, pepper steak, spicy meat dishes, beef or lamb hotpot

TASTING NOTE

The wine has an effortless opulence about it. An abundance of rich and vibrant black and blue fruits are obvious in the aroma and palate. Beneath these layers of juicy fruit there is an undercurrent of chocolate, fine oak and beautiful tannins.

Service temperature: 13ºC -18ºC

Cellar potential: 2031

REGION

McLaren Vale is one of the great and oldest names of Australian wine. The birthplace of wine in South Australia, it lies just south of the capital city of Adelaide and offers a multiplicity of soils which bask under a Mediterranean climate. The cooling effect from the ocean creates substantial meso-climate variation. Exposure to or protection from ocean influence dictates success of varieties planted.

Today, although it has over 7,500 hectares under vine and with demand for its wines at an all-time global high, it retains much of the innovative spirit that it was born with. McLaren Vale has become a leader in organic viticulture, with the highest number of certified organic and biodynamic vineyards of any Australian region

WINEMAKING

This wine has been crafted from select organically-farmed vineyards in the region, which saw harvest in late March.
The fruit was destemmed and fermented in static fermenters with regular pumping over.
The wine obtained was then matured in a mix of old and new French oak for 12 months.

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