2021 Shiraz

Vintage 2021 will be remembered as one of excellent quality and yield. The first dominant La Nina event since the Summer of 2010/11 led to a wet Spring, setting up the best fruit-set  seen since the vintage of 2017. While the Eastern and Western seaboards yielded to La Nina with heavy rain over the growing season. South Australia and the Barossa Valley proved to be an anomaly with long, cool and dry conditions that proved ideal for ripening grapes. The resultant wines are intense with fruit and colour.

A beautifully perfumed wine full of violets, fresh black fruits, and spice with a hint of cedar on the nose. Gentle hints of earth and olive add complexity and richness. The palate is a live with ferrous like minerality, fine powdery tannins and savory finish. Flavours of blackberry, dark chocolate and plum add a distinct plush mouthfeel, all encased in a tightly woven frame.