VARIETIES: 75% Shiraz / 25% Mataro
VINTAGE: 2022
VINEYARDS: (S) McDowell Brown / (M) - Adelina Block 3 and 8
GROWERS: (S) Jim McDowell / (M) Jennie Gardner & Colin McBryde
ELEVATION: (S) 460m / (M) 460m
VINE AGES: (S) 120 years / (M) 10 years
SOIL PROFILES: (S) red sand, red clay, light slate clay base /  (M) grey sand through red sand on slate and limestone on a clay base
ASPECT: all blocks have a mild northerly aspect
FARMING: (S) organic not certified / (M) ACO certified organic

These blocks are within very close proximity (ca. 100m), the old Shiraz having a wine namesake trademarked after it.

Destemmed, 80% whole berry, co-fermented in concrete, maceration between 7 and 54 days. 9 months in 700l oak, 25% new.

pH 3.54 | 5.70 g/l TA | NEG RS | 14.3%