ATTRIBUTES
The aromas of the 2020 Shiraz are very lifted, with red berries and spice, with hints of eucalyptus and fine toasted oak. The palate is silky smooth, with medium intensity, flavours of maraschino cherry, coffee, cigar box and white pepper. Supple mouth coating tannins, give the wine a long fine finish. The wine is ready to drink now but is also suitable for medium term cellaring.
WINEMAKING
The growing season for the 2020 vintage was fairly mild with some warmer heat spikes during the summer which helped ripen the tannins and fruit evenly. The Shiraz grapes were machine harvested by our brand new state of the art Pellenc harvester in the coldest part of the morning on 6th March 2020. This vintage was the first of the reds to be processed onsite in our new winery on Whillas Road, Port Lincoln. The Shiraz was crushed into a 4 tonne stainless steel open fermenter. The fermentation on skins lasted for 12 days, in
VINEYARDS
Situated on the Teakle property in Port Lincoln, 2 kilometres from the foreshore, with 150 meters elevation. The soils are a rich combination of sandy loam topsoil overlying a friable red-brown clay loam subsoil. The moderately warm summer temperatures and maritime breeze allow perfect ripening conditions in the vineyard. The long sunshine hour days encourage even ripening of the grapes, while the gentle breeze helps cool the bunches, retaining the beautiful natural acidity.