Forest Hill Vineyard Estate Shiraz 2018

A cracking follow up to one of our favourite wines of last year... this could even be better than the '17!

Intense bright purple hues. Lifted aromas of blue fruits with florals and classic Mount Barker spice. Medium bodied but dense with fine ripe tannin and well balanced natural acidity.

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• Bright purple hues. Lifted aromas of blue fruits and subtle floral spice. Medium bodied with fine ripe tannin and well balanced natural acidity.
  
  Shiraz was picked then de-stemmed into a combination of small open fermenters , maintaining as m any whole berries as possible. In addition, we also filled a small vessel for 100% whole bunch fermentation (<5% of blend). Fermenters were pumped over or plunged by hand twice a day; tem perature was held around 25°C. The wine was then pressed to Burgundian barriques , Hogsheads and larger format oak vessels (less than 15% new)for Malo-lactic fermentation, allowing a soft integration of the grape and oak tannins. The wine was blended, fined with egg whites and bottled after 12 months maturation.

   

  VINEYARD
  Growing at Forest Hill and East Mount Barker in the Great Southern on gravel and loams over clay. Block 9 is Dry Grown. Row orientation is North East -South West . Mount Barker East Vineyard rows planted East-West.

  FARMING
  Dry Grown, Minimal inputs.

  REGION
  Mount Barker, WA

  ALCOHOL: 14%

  VINTAGE: 2018

   

   

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