VINTAGE: 2019
VARIETIES: 80% Shiraz / 20% Mataro
REGION: Springfarm / Clare
VINEYARD: McDowell & Brown Shiraz. Block 3 Mataro
GROWERS: (Shiraz) Jim McDowell. (Mataro) Col McBryde
ELEVATION: 460m
VINE AGE: (Shiraz) 1902. (Mataro) 2012
SOIL PROFILE: (Shiraz) heavy red clay. (Mataro) grey sandy loam
ASPECT: NA
FARMING: (Shiraz) Conventional. (Mataro) NASAA in conversion organic.

WINEMAKING:
Destemmed / 50% berries crushed, co-fermented in concrete, maceration between 22 days and 50 days. 10 months in neutral 700l oak.

pH 3.63 | 5.90 g/l TA | NEG g/l RS | 14.2%

REVIEWS:
This has lots going for it. Rich perfume of dark berries, sweet earth, dried flowers, very aromatic but feels kind of savoury. The palate is the same, bloody and rich, hewn with sheets of grippy, grunty tannins, upfront whips away quickly, feels tight, the finish a cavalcade of tumbling tannin, gamey fruit, piquant, tactile spice and minerally stony qualities. Boom. That somewhat missing front palate might just be the go now, but we get something serious to finish. I like it, all up.

93+ Points. Mike Bennie, winefront.com.au