After hand picking, destemmed prior to fermentation in open top fermenters for 8 days, gently pumped over by hand twice a day. The resulting wine was matured for 24 months in new (30%) and seasoned French oak hogsheads prior to careful racking and blending. A further two years in bottle has allowed the wine to develop further complexity.
Tasting Notes
Brooding dark red fruit, plum, black pepper, anise, and cedar spice drive a complex array of aromatics. The aromas carry on to a palate that is rich and generous, with fine elegant tannins that accentuate the wine’s length. The 2018 vintage is a classic Hutton Vale Shiraz that will reward careful cellaring over the next 15+ years.
Reviews
“A special vineyard that routinely expresses blueberries laced with graphite, sheets of hung deli meat, raspberry, ground white pepper, fresh nutmeg and littered with crushed pink peppercorns. The fruit shines in a way that evokes memories of the nearby landscape… towering gum trees, exposed granite boulders in places, and fresh, open air. This is spicy, layered and nuanced. It’s really good.”
– 96 Points. Erin Larkin. 2023 Wine Companion
