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Whistler Shiver Down My Spine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016
Whistler Shiver Down My Spine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016
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Case: 6 bottles
Sold OutCase Price: $179.94
Bursting with blackcurrant and blueberries, this wine shows the typical characters found in the Western side of the Barossa- chocolate/mocha and black pepper, but with a surprising freshness to the wine. Frankincense and blackberries jump out of the glass, along with a slight leafiness, which comes from the whole bunch component in the wine. Soft and juicy on the palate, but with a backbone of tannin from the whole bunches that draws the wine across the palate giving it length and precision.
Our Purple Hands crew transferred the fruit by hand or by pitchfork into half-tonne picking bins, then foot stomped the fruit to burst the berries and encourage the natural fermentation to commence. 20% of this wine was fermented as whole bunch in this way, with the balance fermented on skins for 10 days in old concrete fermenters. Basket pressed to a 3,000L French oak foudre for 16 months, then bottled with no fining and no filtration.
Vintage: 2016 Varietal: Shiraz Appellation: Barossa Valley, SA Alcohol: 14%
94 Points - James Halliday Vines 20-23yo, various clones, 80% Selectiv'-harvested, 20% hand-picked by mailing list customers, wild-fermented with 20% whole bunches in old open concrete fermenters, matured in used French oak for 16 months before blending. You have to grin at Josh Pfeiffer's cunning - he ends up with a seriously good wine, club members delighted to give their labour free in providing the 20% whole bunch component, and then have the opportunity to buy the succulent and rich wine.