| 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 | 20 years |
| Alc/vol | 14.5% |
| Closure | Stelvin |
| Yield per Vine | 3 kg / 2.5 ton per acre |
| Oak Treatment | Aged for 16 months in ex Frost Dodger barrels with the addition of 10% new Hungarian oak & seasoned French oak barrels. |
| Total Production | 17,000 bottles
In the garage the shiraz fruit was gently destemmed including 25% whole bunch into open top milk vats and fermented warm with natural yeasts, soft pump overs, hand plunging and basket pressed to barrel to complete ferment. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Expect all that this label represents; wine enjoyment! |
| Vintage | Average rains and good fruit set was a good sign to vintage 2016. The spring and summer months was dry with some high temperatures. A welcoming rain event in January helped freshen things up with temperatures abated late February and March. Harvesting commenced late March to produce a beautifully complex & flavoured Barossa hills shiraz. |
Reviews
The Winefront – Gary Walsh Aug 2017
Striking purple as it hits the glass, blackberry pastille, chocolate, spice, cured meats. Medium to full bodied, intense and juicy dark pastille fruit flavour, with spice and dried mint and herbs, pleasing almost graphite tannin, clean acidity, and a sexy-time finish of succulence and length.
