2022 Scotchmans Hill Shiraz
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Tasting Note | A vibrant and complex wine showing lifted red fruits, leading to dark plums with hints of white pepper and French oak spice. The palate is juicy, medium bodied, elegant and flowing with dark fruits, spice and fine integrated tannins. A long, balanced finish that is seamlessly rounded out with the very best French oak. This Shiraz will provide great drinking now and for many years to come. |
Technical Note |
Winemaking Region: Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria. Clone: PT23. - Soil Type: Self mulching black vertosol derived from tertiary basalt. Winemaking: De-stemmed to small fermenters with the inclusion of 15% whole bunches and cold soaked for 5 days. Wild ferment at 28 degrees for 7 days. Pressed to barrel for a wild malolactic fermentation. Oak Use: Matured in new to 4 year old French barriques for 16 months. - Cellaring: Now to 2033 |
Review |
"Another excellent and well-priced shiraz from the team at Scotchmans Hill. This one opens with red and black fruits, freshly cracked pepper and hints of incense and allspice. Elegant, medium bodied and persistent on the palate before finishing with subtle, silky tannins. A pleasure to drink from the get-go." Phillip Rich Halliday Wine Companion. |