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Short Row Shiraz

First produced in 1999, Short Row Shiraz acknowledges the traditional McLaren Vale Shiraz style that has brought the region the recognition and standing amongst the great wine regions of the world. A style based on a powerful fruit driven front and mid palate, with rich ripe tannins requiring significant new oak influence to be brought back into a semblance of balance.

Rich and vibrant fruit driven front palate are jam-packed with plums, mulberries and black cherries. The mid palate is full of strawberries and cream with hints of dark chocolate. Fruit richness and luscious mid-palate is the hallmark of this wine style, with sympathetic and balanced oak completing the traditional Shiraz flavour and structural profile. The youthful grape tannins provide a firm tannin texture and length that will soften and integrate with age.

This wine is selected from intense and powerful Shiraz parcels from our best McLaren Vale vineyard blocks, with the variation in sites contributing different layers of flavour and tannin textures that defines the wine style. Harvest took place when the individual vineyard

fruit flavours, grape tannins and acids all reached maturity. 2017 had a wet and cool growing season which led into a mild ripening and harvest period, with Shiraz harvest occurring a bit later than usual between 7th of March and the 10rd of April. These mild ripening conditions kept the lifted aromatics and gave the resulting wine a vibrant fleshy berry fruit flavour profile with crisp but soft tannins.

Fermentation on skins was for 8 - 11 days, with 90% of the wine completing fermentation in barrel for added texture and to advance the integration of oak and grape tannins. During maturation, the wine from each vineyard batch is targeted with appropriate oak styles to produce an array of base wines for us to use in blending. Our oak barrels are sourced from coopers in France, USA and Australia and are predominately seasoned for 3 years. Maturation was for 20 months in both new, one and two-year old oak barrels.

The components are selected for this wine based on their fruit intensity, richness, structure and the integration of oak.

GOLD European Wine Challenge 2022;

GOLD Berlin Wine Trophy 2021;

GOLD Asia Wine Trophy 2021;

GOLD Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition 2021;

GOLD Mundus Vini Spring Tasting 2021;

SILVER Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2021;

SILVER China Wine & Spirits Awards Best Value 2021;

SILVER RIBBON The Real Review March 2022;

4 1/2 Stars (96 points) Winestate New Releases Judging March 2022;

4 Stars (94 points) Winestate Annual McLaren Vale, Langhorne Creek, Kangaroo Island, Fleurieu & Surrounds Judging Jan/Feb 2022;