Personalised Head Wines The Brunette Shiraz 2022 13.5% 750ml

Personalised Head Wines The Brunette Shiraz 2021 13.5% 750ml

Tasting Notes

Palate
Dark savoury fruits and fine, structured tannins.

Region notes
In the 2022 vintage, the base Shiraz comes from a vineyard planted circa 1965, in the Flaxman Valley at 480m altitude. The vineyard has a perfect easterly aspect and gradient to catch the morning sun and is shaded from the late heat of the day. The soils are lean, with clays, mixed ironstone and some scattered quartz.

Winemakers comments
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 Brunette’ a vineyard must perform amongst the few top vineyards each year and represent the ‘dark-side’ of Shiraz in the Barossa. In the vineyard we give every opportunity for the fruit to provide us with the tannins and concentration to make a structured and long-lived traditional Barossa Shiraz.

Vinification
2t open top stainless steel with heading down boards, indigenous yeast, 10% whole-bunch, two week ferment, daily pump-overs.

Grape variety
100% Shiraz

Acidity
6.1 g/L

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