PersonalisedAudrey Wilkinson Winemakers Selection Shiraz 2021 13.5% 750ml

TASTING NOTES

APPEARANCE
Deep magenta red colour with vibrant purple hues.

AROMA

A lifted nose of red cherries and mulberries with a savoury spice.

PALATE
The palate has bright raspberry and cherry fruit flavours with subtle savoury oak. Soft tannins provide structure and a long finish.

CELLARING POTENTIAL
Enjoy now, or over the next 10+ years.

VINIFICATION
This wine has been produced from Shiraz grapes picked in early February from the old vines off our Audrey Wilkinson Vineyard. The grapes were destemmed and cold soaked for 4 days, and then fermented in 7 tonne fermenters over 1 week with pumping over twice a day. The wine was pressed and put to 100% French oak barriques and puncheons to undergo maturation for 10 months. The wine was then blended, filtered and bottled.

VINTAGE NOTES
The 2021 vintage is regarded as a classic Hunter Valley vintage. Excellent December rainfall meant that the vines were in healthy condition with plenty of foliage. A cooler and drier than average January delivered ideal ripening conditions. Good vineyard management resulted in grapes showing flavours of great freshness and intensity. The white wines in particular having great intensity of flavours and will age well.