Vineyards
Situated on the Teakle property in Port Lincoln, 2 km from the foreshore, with 150 meters elevation. The soils are a rich combination of sandy loam topsoil overlying a friable red-brown clay loam subsoil. The moderately warm summer temperatures and maritime breeze allow perfect ripening conditions in the vineyard. The long sunshine-hour days encourage even ripening of the grapes, while the gentle breeze helps cool the bunches, retaining the beautiful natural acidity.
Vintage
The 2024 growing season saw good rainfall in winter, which set up good ground moisture for spring growth in the vineyard. The summer of 2023/2024 was mild however, so the fruit sat on the vine longer than usual, waiting for ultimate ripeness to be achieved. The vineyard remained in pristine condition so we were able to leave the fruit to ripen over a long period of time.
Winemaking
Picked and then destemmed with 30% whole bunch, handpicked berries were added to the open stainless steel fermenter with the crushed component pumped on top without crushing the berries. This allowed small amount of stalks and some whole bunch and whole berry fermentation. Alcoholic fermentation on skins took 2 weeks, in which time the ferment underwent pumpovers and plunging to wet the cap and gently extract tannins and colour. The wine was then pressed off in our basket press and then into
French Oak Hogsheads for barrel maturation.
Tasting Notes
This shiraz shows all the characters of our cool maritime climate with fresh plums and rhubarb, with some earthy, white pepper aromatics. It has a fine tannin structure that leaves a long silky finish. The natural acidity gives a maraschino cherry character which keeps the wine fresh and juicy. This wine is very approachable now, but will also benefit from medium term cellaring.
Vegan friendly