REGION: Springfarm / Clare
VINEYARD: Adelina Block 4
GROWERS: Jennie Gardner & Col McBryde
ELEVATION: 460m
VINE AGE: +100 years
SOIL PROFILE: red sand, mild clay, slate and limestone on a clay base.
ASPECT: slight northerly aspect.
FARMING: ACO certified organic

WINEMAKING:
Destemmed / 50% berries crushed, fermented in concrete, maceration 22 days. 10 months in 700l oak, 22% new.

pH 3.59 | 5.90 g/l TA | NEG g/l RS | 13.8%

REVIEWS:
Block 4 (planted 1915). 223 dozen produced. Col McBryde one of the best, most thoughtful winemakers in this country, and indeed, maybe the world.

Blackberry, raspberry, a little sweet baking spice, mint and floral perfume, though those things, while good, mean nothing until you put the wine in your mouth; then it really takes off. This is a liquid ‘mineral’ delight, and the tannin is searching, but so fine and stony, and really marks this wine out as a rare bird. Dusty, biscuitty, classic Clare Shiraz of finesse and superb length. Yes.

Rated : 96 Points, Gary Walsh, winefront.com.au