Head Wines The Blonde Shiraz 2023 14.5% 750ml

Head Wines The Blonde Shiraz 2023 14.5% 750ml

Tasting Notes

Region notes
Head Wines now works with a diverse range of up to 20 different Shiraz vineyards in the Barossa and Eden Valleys. To be considered part of ‘The Blonde’ a vineyard must perform amongst the few top vineyards each year and have well-defined perfumes, textures and supple tannins. For 2023, ‘The Blonde’ came from a vineyard planted at Ebenezer in the Barossa Valley GI. The Shiraz (at 320m elevation) was planted circa 1893 on an east-west downwards slope protected by the afternoon sun. The soils are deep white/yellow sand over limestone and orange/red clay.
Winemakers comments
It is worth noting that I am trying to pursue finesse and elegance with this wine, always thinking about how to make the wine better, not bigger. The only additions made to this wine is some new oak and I hope you feel the same uninterrupted flow, harmony and pleasantness that I feel it should convey.

Vinification
1t open top stainless steel, indigenous yeast, two-week ferment, hand-plunging & pump-over twice daily.

Maturation
15 months on fine lees, 1 x new, 1 x old French oak 225L.

Grape variety
100% Shiraz

Acidity
5.7 g/L

Variety: Shiraz/Syrah
Region: Barossa & Eden Valleys, South Australia
Winemaker: Alex Head