Vintage
2019
ABV
14.5%
Wine Type
Red
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
From 8-10yo estate blocks, open-fermented, matured in French and American hogsheads for 18 months. Dense, impenetrable purple; a full-bodied shiraz with dark chocolate/licorice/stewed plum flavours, fine-grained tannins and good length. Has its whole life in front of it.”
— James Halliday
Accolades
93 points Halliday ; 92 points Suckling
Winemaker's Bio
Corrina Wright has wine – and 171 years of family grape growing – flowing through her veins. Described by WBM Magazine as a “legend in the making” and by James Halliday as being part of a “remarkable dynasty”, Corrina was awarded the 2019 Australian Society of Viticulture & Oenology Winemaker of the Year by her peers.
She has been on the boards of Australian Grape and Wine, McLaren Vale Grape Wine & Tourism, Family Business Australia- SA, Australian Society of Viticulture & Oenology, and currently sits on the Australian Wine Research Institute board. A fierce advocate for women in the wine community she is a member of the Australian Women in Wine Awards advisory board. Corrina judges at many wine shows, is a graduate of the prestigious Len Evans Tutorial, and of the Future Leaders for the Australian Wine Industry graduate.
