Vintage
2019
ABV
14%
Wine Type
Red
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
Winemaking: Partially hand picked, fermented in 5t open top stainless steel fermentation tanks. Carbonic macerated, hand plunged and basket pressed. Put straight into 30% new French oak for 14 months.
This shiraz comes from multiple sites across the Adelaide Hills.
Vineyard 1: Estate grown on our Mt Barker vineyard, at 410m this vineyard experiences a warmer, dryer summer than average for the Adelaide Hills. Exceptionally pretty, right and lifted Shiraz.
Vineyard 2: Grown at Balhannah, at 335m this vineyard experiences a warmer, dryer Summer than average for the Adelaide Hills. this vineyards fruit had great concentration with an earthy and savoury character.
Vineyard 3: Grown at Charleston, at 450m this vineyard is a wet cool party of the Adelaide Hills and displays spice and plum flavours.
Vineyard 4: Grown at Mt Torrens, at 470m this vineyard is very low yielding, therefore producing fruit with intensity of dark fruits and gives the wine incredible structure.
Story: This wine displays a true varietal expression of the Adelaide Hills.
Taste: The palate displays dark berry fruits, plum, chocolate oak and Asian spice (a typical feature of the Mt Barker sub-region). Medium bodied with high natural acidity and moderately low tannin
Winemaker's Bio
Head winemaker Tom Northcott’s winemaking approach is to pick at optimal ripeness for lean flavours to showcase the quality and true expression of their vineyards. Howard Vineyard wines are light to medium body with vibrant flavours and great natural acidity.
