VINTAGE: 2023
VARIETIES: 80% Shiraz / 20% Malbec
REGION: Springfarm / Clare
VINEYARD: Adelina Blocks 4, 7 & 3
GROWERS: Jennie Gardner & Col McBryde
ELEVATION: 460m
VINE AGE: 1915, 2013, 2012. (50%, 30%, 20%)
SOIL PROFILE: (Shiraz) red sand, mild clay, slate and lime on clay base. (Mataro) grey sandy loam
ASPECT: NA
FARMING: ACO certified organic

WINEMAKING:
Hand-picked, fruit is destemmed and mildly crushed, all blocks were fermented separately spending between 12 and 27 days on skins. Maturation time 10 months in 700l (25% new) oak before bottling.

pH 3.46 | 6.16 g/l TA | NEG g/l RS | 13.5%

REVIEWS:
This is very good. It’s hazelnutty, bitter chocolate, red fruit, a bit of spice too. Blue fruit, earth, dried herb and orange peel, cola nut, fleshy tannin, peanut and spice, with a bold finish of excellent length. The Mataro adds a bit of X-Factor, and there’s a bit more substance and oomph to this wine over the straight Shiraz. Excellent.

94 Points. Gary Walsh, winefront.com.au