Pitchfork Shiraz

Wine Type: Red

Grape(s): 100% Shiraz

Country: Australia

Region: South Eastern Australia

Organic: No

Vegan: Yes

ABV: 14%

Tasting Notes: Bright with colour and aromas of plum and red currant over toasty mocha and spicy oak. The palate is full flavoured with plum, blueberry and mocha notes. The tannins are well balanced and give the wine great structure and length.

Winemaking: This high quality Shiraz was grown in the fertile and sunny Riverland area. Harvest is normally late February/early March depending on the vintage.The fruit is picked by machine operating throughout the evening and night hours to minimise oxidation with the fruit crushed and transferred straight to ferment, maintaining a temperature of around 26-28° to maximise colour extraction. Fermented in stainless steel with French oak chips, this wine is pressed at 1 baume and left to ferment until dry. Malolactic fermentation is commenced after racking onto French oak. After this is complete the Shiraz parcels are blended, filtered and stored in stainless steel until bottling.