Vintage
2017
ABV
14.5%
Wine Type
Red
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
This Shiraz was made predominantly from fruit grown at our own vineyard at White Hut, just outside the Clare township, supplemented with fruit from neighbouring vineyards. It is dense garnet in colour and displays an intense nose of brambly fruit, crushed violets and coffee, and hints of leather and mint. It’s a medium-bodied wine with flavours of blackberries, blood plums and dark chocolate. Ripe, earthy tannins are supported by cedary oak and balanced by fine acidity and great length.
Winemaker's Bio
As Winemaker Adam Barton tells it, he first discovered the magic of wine while working in the Hunter Valley, in a glass of 1965 Lindemans Hunter River Burgundy. After studying Oenology at the University of Adelaide, he embarked on a winemaking career that so far spans two decades and three continents, with work in McLaren Vale, Coonawarra, the Barossa Valley, Western Australia, the south of France and California’s Central Coast.
Adam’s winemaking approach for Atlas Wines is typified by careful curation and nurturing of the highest-quality grapes, the utmost care and attention to detail, and minimal intervention.