2018 Tim Stevens Signature Shiraz

A great vintage. Good rains during last winter ensured a full soil moisture profile. Consistent weather until late Summer also helped the vines gain strength to settle for a couple of hot spells just before ripening which was marked by ideal dry conditions.

Chief Winemaker Tim Stevens’ Signature wines are made in small batches from select parcels of fruit. They are bigger, bolder and ultimately more modern in style than the Huntington Estate wines. Tim developed the style in his Abercorn days, described by Huon Hooke as “…modern, with deep vivid colours, intense blackberry fruit and new French-oak aromas, bold palate flavours and generally firm tannins”. Shiraz is Tim’s signature variety, and the style is full-bodied, supple and jam-packed with fruit.

Fruit from Block 1 was picked 14/03/18 at 14.1Bé. Cold soaked for 4 days followed by 5 days fermentation on skins, then pressed off early at 2Bé directly into barrels (60% new American) to finish fermentation. The wine then spent 18 months in barrel before bottling October 2019 at 14% alc/vol.

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