The 2008 Shiraz shows even more classic floral flavours like you would expect form real Rhone style wines.

All the grapes were harvested by hand. Two of the 3 vineyards (clone SH22B on 101-14) were in their fourth vintage and bearing much more fruit, a third vineyard (the only south facing, clone SH9 on 101-14) was now in its third year of produciton. The 3 vineayards were vinified and kept separate for the entire maturation period for us to monitor the potential of each vineyard for the future path it will go. We fermented with Anchor 372 year which brings our the red fruit and pepper flavour, emphasizing the lovely flavour and structure we get from our soil.

The grapes were crushed and cold soaked for 4 days before inoculation. Pump-overs 4 times a day, including a couple of punch downs. Total time on skins: 14 days. After pressing the older vineyards received 30%new oak with the balance third fill for malo-lactic. The younger vineyards did their malo-lactic in 2nd fill barrels and 10% new oak.
During maturation of 12 months the wines were racked once after malo-lactic and once thereafter. Small portion (5%) of 2008 Mourvedre were blended before bottling.

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