2008 Menzel Shiraz

Multiple International and National award winner, including

2016 Winestate Shiraz Challenge - 2008 Menzel Shiraz Silver Medal

2014 CWSA China Wine & Spirit Award - 2008 Menzel Shiraz Double Gold Medal

2012 Visy Great Australian Shiraz Challenge - 2008 Menzel Shiraz Silver medal and Top 20

2012 Nicks Wine Merchants - 2008 Menzel Shiraz 96 points

2012 Decanter Awards UK - 2008 Menzel Shiraz Bronze Medal

2012 International Wine Challenge UK - 2008 Menzel Shiraz Bronze Medal

2012 WineWise-The consumer’s wine guide - 2008 Menzel Shiraz Highly Recommended Wine

2012 WineState Barossa and Eden Tasting - 2008 Menzel Shiraz 4 stars

2012 WineState Wine World - 2008 Menzel Shiraz 4 Stars

2012 Small Vigneron Awards - 2008 Menzel Shiraz Highly Recommended

Produced from our best 6 row with optimum flavour fruit, our winemaker Charlie walks the rows and carefully tastes the fruit out of our Single vineyard, before deciding when to pick.

After a gentle crush of the grape, the juices together with the skins go into open ferment.

During this time (once fermentation starts) a daily control of Baume and temperature is carried out together with hand plunging of the cap to extract colour and tannins from the skins.

After its fermentation to zero Baume, the wine is put into oak barrels 50% French oak and 50% American oak most of them 3 to 4 year old and with only 20% being new oak. The reason being is to produce fruit driven wine and not heavy oak flavour.

Hence God’s Hill Wines are a Fruit driven wine.

It is 100% Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot Varietal (in purezza ) with no added flavours or any other additives. It is pure grape juice fermented to alcohol with the most stringent hygiene and love.

Our first release is after 4 years to allow some bottle age thus making it pleasant to drink on release, and with careful cellaring many more years after that.

The only additive is minimum sulphur to safeguard the quality.

Charlie Scalzi Felice Scalzi

Winemaker Vigneron/ Assistant Winemaker