2021 Judgement Shiraz

Layer upon layer of flavours. The entry is highly intense and concentrated with black berries, dark chocolate, followed by savoury, integrated but persistent tannins. The finish is lively and long, with a perfect balance of fruit and oak.

• Colour: Black/purple core intensity, with black to purple hue
• Aromas: Displays a complex bouquet of highly intense aromas – five spice, black fruit, black pepper, earth, graphite, black tea and integrated subtle oak characters.
• Palate: Layer upon layer of flavours. The entry is highly intense and concentrated with black berries, dark chocolate, followed by savoury, integrated but persistent tannins. The finish is lively and long, with a perfect balance of fruit and oak.

The 2021 vintage has been put down as the vintage of the century. Everything was in check; growing and ripening period was perfectly ideal to make wines of incredible pedigree. Everyone needs wines from the great 2021 vintage in their cellars.

A hand selection of Shiraz from a single vineyard, which was planted in 1988. The fruit is hand pick, destemmed an open top fermenter, where cooling was employed throughout the fermentation between 18-28oC. There was two pump overs and one hand plunge every day to optimise flavour, colour and tannin extraction. After 6 days of primary fermentation, the fermented wine was then gently Basket Pressed to a settling tank for 7 days, where it was then racked to 100% New French oak puncheons to undergo Malolactic fermentation. Post MLF a further 12 months barrel aging on fine LEES, before being bottled unfined and unfiltered.

• Alcohol: 15.0
• Residual Sugar: 0g/l
• Volume: 750ml
• Closure: Screw cap