Tar & Roses Heathcote Shiraz 2013
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6.86
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High praise comes in far and wide for this Heathcote Shiraz. It’s typical of the region showing bold mulberry, blood plum and anise aromas alongside a palate that’s broad and savoury with hints of chocolate, strawberries, fresh earthiness and sage. It’s juicy, well balanced and full of fine tannins. Sensational value too! A great partner for veal saltimbocca.
Rich concentrated blackberries and mulberries, earthy with a touch of aniseed. Christmas pudding with custard and cream.
100% Shiraz
Finally the wine was racked off gross lees and put into barrel to finish malolactic fermentation and mature in a combination of 21% new French and older barriques.
Sweet blood plums, dark chocolate and caramalised vegetables make this a delicious more-ish wine. The wine has fine silky tannin with lingering sweet fruit characters and good acidity.
The grapes for this wine came from a combination of vineyards. They were all kept separately during their fermentation and maturation lives. The machine harvested volume was crushed and destemmed into static fermenters and pumped over three times a day. After approximately ten days of fermentation, during which time the temperature and acid levels were monitored, they were individually pressed to tank using an air bag press.
93% Heathcote, 7% Central Victoria
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6.86
3.44
As with previous vintages, the grapes come from two main vineyards, one off the deep red Cambrian soil, the other from tougher more gravelly ground. The first gives us rich, chocolatey and earthy flavours whilst the other has more highly fragrant notes with good acid and sweet fruit. The wine that results is our take on Heathcote shiraz.