COLOUR 
Light plum
 
NOSE 
Lifted perfumed characters of plum, cassis and red berries and a touch of spice
 
PALATE 
Soft and smooth on the palate with berry characters intermingled with touch of spicy oak. The finish is smooth and persistent.
 
WINEMAKING 
Open fermented for seven days with some parcels having extended skin contact. Basket pressed and matured in older oak. Blended to enhance lift, structure, and spice.
 
VINTAGE REPORT
The ongoing resilience of growers has seen them rewarded for the efforts this year. Some affected by the early hail have ripened second crop successfully, some even had average to above average crops in some varieties such as Grenache. Fruit from the later varieties and sites were picked in early May.
 
Winemakers are talking about vintage 2022 wines as elegant and structured, with depth and length of flavour.
 
REGION
Barossa Valley
 
GRAPE VARIETY
Grenache, Shiraz, Mataro
 
WINEMAKER
Stuart Bourne, Paul Heinicke
 
ALCOHOL/VOLUME
14.5%
 
TITRATABLE ACIDITY
6.2 g/L P.H 3.54
 
CELLAR POTENTIAL
8+ years
 
OAK
Older French and American