Place

McLaren Vale - The Vale is a diverse region spreading east from the coast, up into the foothills of the southern Adelaide Hills. Our preference is for Shiraz sourced from blocks
located in the northern and eastern parts, on sandy and shaley soil profiles that tend to ripen earlier in most seasons, providing fully ripened flavour profiles of chocolate, licorice and tarriness with a hint of savoury spice at the end.

Vintage Conditions

The vines are typically bet ween fifteen to forty years of age, vertically trained on a two wire trellis and traditionally managed with all parcels vinified and kept separate until the final blend was assembled. 2019 was a very good year in McLaren Vale; warm days and cooler
nights with average rainfall falling over the growing season allowing the fruit to ripen evenly across all blocks.

Winemaking

Once harvested, each individual parcel was fermented separately in small open topped fermenters before traditional basket pressing took place, with all pressings returned to the free run. The wine was allowed to mature in a selection of new and older French
oak casks before the final blend was bottled both un-fined and unfiltered.