HEAD Wines Heart & Home Shiraz Blend 2022 14.5% 750ml

HEAD Wines Heart & Home Shiraz Blend 2022 14.5% 750ml

Tasting Notes

Winemakers comments
This very traditional Australian ‘Medium Dry Red’ style has been part of my heart for many years and literally reminds me of home when I get it in the glass. It was a chance conversation about Shiraz & Cabernet Sauvignon with Phil Lehmann which led me down a path of blending enlightenment. How do we make wine quality & value even better through the art of blending the two ‘hero’ varieties of the Barossa? Well, believe it or not there is a trick which roughly states - you need to find the point at which they don’t fight each other. There is an abundance of ripe dark Shiraz fruit here that needs the innate structure of Cabernet to hold it all together. The value uplift here is insane… wrap your laughing chops around this absolute stunner!

Vinification
2-5t open top, indigenous yeast, two week ferment, pumpover twice daily.

Maturation
2 years on fine lees, 10% new French oak, mix of 500L, 300L & 228L.

Grape variety
85% Shiraz, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon

Acidity
5.8 g/L

Country: Australia
Region: Barossa Valley
Vintage: 2022
Variety: Shiraz & Shiraz Blends
Alcohol volume: 14.5
Closure: Screwcap
Volume: 750
Weight: 1.33kg
Wine style: Red (Full Bodied)