2009 Shiraz
The Serious Stuff:
Harvest: April 2009
Maturation: 14 months in new and used French oak barriques
Bottled: July 2010
Alcohol: 14.%vol
pH: 3.56
TA: 6.1 g/L
VA: 0.61 g/L
What does it taste like?
It’s an orgy of bright red berries and yummy fruit. At first glance, one could mistake this puppy as cute, cuddly and toilet trained. No way – there is a beast within. It’s rich, ripe and full of delicious Frankland River Shirazy goodness, and old world like savoury charm.
More Stevie Ray tha Stevie Wonder.
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Fruit for this wine was sourced from our two vineyards in the Frankland River region of Western Australia. Fruit from individual vineyard batches were picked in the cool of night and fermented separately between 24-26 C for 12 days with extended skin contact to optimize flavours, colour and tannin profile. Individual batches were barrel aged for an additional 14 months, and then classified and blended prior to bottling. The final rustic addition of 10% Tempranillo from Bill’s Calgardup Vineyard in Margaret River rounded the blend off beautifully. |
