| Region | Eden Valley |
| Sub-Region | Mount McKenzie |
| Specified Vineyard | Mount McKenzie |
| Altitude | 380 meters |
| Vineyard Practices | Family traditional biological farming methods with a diet of composts, native grasses & flora as ground cover, low water imput and natural sprays for diseases. |
| Soil | Clay loam over a shaley schist rock bed. |
| Trellis System | Single wire |
| Varietal | Shiraz |
| Age of Vines | 25 years |
| Alc/vol | 14.5% |
| Closure | Stelvin |
| Yield per Vine | 3 kg / 2.5 ton per acre |
| Oak Treatment | 30% new French oak hogshead barrels with balance of seasoned 3yr old French hogshead barrels for 14 months |
| Total Production | 3,600 bottles |
| Vintage | Great to see timely rainfall throughout the Barossa with falls being during critical times of the vines production thoughout the growing season. Great mild vintage for the allowing for flavours to slowly build with excellent acid retention to aid in the wines freshness. Spring as per usual serving up a slight frost during the 1st week of November reducing yields. A deliciously generous complex shiraz bursting with deep aromatics, blue fruits with black cherry. Flavours are full and dark of blue fruits, cherry choc little savoriness with great tannin structure |
| Wine Making | In the garage the hand harvested shiraz fruit was gently destemmed including 20% whole bunch into open top milk vats and fermented naturally with soft pump overs, and basket pressed to barrel to complete ferment. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Expect all that this label represents; wine enjoyment! |
Reviews
Gary Walsh – The Wine Front
Andrew Graham MW
Superb.
