| Region | Eden Valley, Barossa |
| Sub-Region | Mount McKenzie |
| Specified Vineyard | Mount McKenzie |
| Altitude | 380 meters |
| Vineyard Practices | Family traditional responsible farming methods with a diet of composts, native grasses & flora as ground cover, low water input and natural sprays for diseases. |
| Soil | Clay loam over a shaley schist rock bed |
| Trellis System | Single wire |
| Varietal | Shiraz |
| Age of Vines | 24 years |
| Alc/vol | 14.5% |
| Closure | Stelvin |
| Yield per Vine | 2 kg / 1.5 ton per acre |
| Oak Treatment | Matured for 17 months in ex Frost Dodger Shiraz barrels with the addition of 10% new French oak barrels. |
| Total Production | 7000 bottles |
| Vintage | Low winter rains and a dry season overall with fruit yields down 50% due to severe November frosts. Expect dark berry, plum, chocolate sticky date pudding and liquored cherry undertones. Plump full palate will nice rich berry and chocolatey notes on the palate, with creamy fine tannins to finish. A beautifully complex & flavoured Shiraz. |
| Wine Making | In the garage the shiraz fruit was gently destemmed including 30% whole bunch into open top milk vats and fermented warm naturally and basket pressed to barrel to complete ferment. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Expect all that this label represents; wine enjoyment! |
Reviews
OZWINE REVIEW ANDREW GRAHAM MW
The Winefront – Gary Walsh
