Awards:
95/100 James Halliday Wine Companion 2019
SILVER MEDAL: AWWAD AWC Vienna International Wine Challenge 2019
SILVER MEDAL: ASIAN SYRAH MASTERS 2018
SILVER MEDAL: IWSC Wine Show London 2018
91/100 Anthony Gismondi 2018
Appellation: McLaren Vale
Variety: 100% Shiraz
Harvested: 2015
Bottled: 7th June 2018
Alcohol: 14.7%
Winemaker’s Notes: The old low trellis contoured Ironstone vineyard yields under 2 tonnes of fruit per acre. The concentrated fruit offered from these vines in 2015 provided us the quality and power to release our third Ironstone Shiraz. After fermentation 40% of the wine was matured in new and second fill American oak for 28 months, with 60% matured in older barriques. The bouquet displays spicy red plum, mulberry, bramble and subtle cedary oak, with hints of coconut and vanilla. The palate shows distinctive regional flavours of dark chocolate, Satsuma plum, wild loganberries, blackberry and toasted Mocha oak, complemented by spice and black pepper notes. This rich powerful Shiraz is wonderfully balanced with fruit, firm structured tannin and oak in harmony. Approachable now or will develop for over 10 years with careful cellaring.
-Geoff Johnston