Endless Heathcote Shiraz 2019 750ml

Endless Heathcote Shiraz

Vintage 2019
After a winter of moderate rainfall, Heathcote’s growing season was
mostly warm and dry with a few extreme heat days.
The grapes produced were vibrant with grand colour and flavour - lip smackingly
moorish.

Yield - 5 tonnes / hectare
Trellis type - Vertical Shoot Position (VSP)s
Soil/Vineyard -500 million year old Red Cambrian soils
Harvest data - March 2018, Picked at 14.5 baume
Alcohol - 14%

Winemaking
We let the wild yeast in the winery take hold of the clean crushed fruit
to kick off the ferment. With Shiraz we prefer a longer slower ferment,
allowing more even flavours and colour extraction without over-doing
it. Once pressed we run the wine to mainly French oak and a little bit of
American hogsheads, where it spends the next 12 months, and allows
the Heathcote fruit to do its stuff. Our aim is to produce a Shiraz that
has a balance of power and concentration with elegance and grace.
No winemaking artifice, just pure expression of Heathcote Shiraz.

Clarification
Eggs whites and course filtration
Oak treatment / Cooperage
12 months in French barriques and American Oak.

Tasting Notes
Endless Silk. Soft magenta hues reveal an aromatic bouquet of plum,
ripe cherries and slight anise. A smooth well structured harmonious
palate incorporating plump fruit and oak tannins. A perpetual
seduction