Block 6 Shiraz
Tasting Notes
Deep ruby color. Perfumed notes of rose petal, musk, and dried herbs with a whiff of charcuterie lingering in the background. Bright berry fruit flavors, cacao and black olive. Followed by slowly building fine-textured tannins providing excellent length. An elegant and classy Block 6 Shiraz.
Vineyards
The Block 6 vineyard faces east and rows run north south with significant undulation. Vines are spur and cane pruned, with the canes wrapped onto the top wire of the low-lying trellis. The present 1.5 hectares comprises a corner of red loam, some heavy clay in the middle of the block and gravely alluvial soils on the lower side. The underlying “South Maslin Sands” soil is extremely complex containing layers of glauconite, limestone, sandstone and siltstone.
Winemaking
Block 6 was hand-picked from the 128-year-old vines on the 16th of March 2020, producing a tiny crop of 4.17 tonnes. The grapes were crushed, de-stemmed and plunged twice daily while spending 11 days on skins in our traditional open fermenters. The wine was then basket pressed and matured for 20 months in 35% new French and American oak puncheons. Bottled in February 2022.
Technical Information
- Vintage:
- 2020
- Alcohol:
- 13.5%
- Region:
- McLaren Vale
- RS:
- 1G/L
- Varietals:
- 100% Single-Vineyard Shiraz
- PH:
- 3.63
- TA:
- 6G/L
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