Personalised Yangarra King's Wood Shiraz 2021 13.5% 750ml

Personalised Yangarra King's Wood Shiraz 2021 13.5% 750ml

TASTING NOTES

PALATE

Powerful, elegant and aromatic. Brambly red and blueberry fruit, winter spices, liquorice, black cherry. Balanced textural palate.

FOOD PAIRING

Roasted lamb neck, black garlic labneh, beetroot and okra or Barbeque Pork / Chargrilled vegetables

VINTAGE SUMMARY

A favourable growing season, with good winter rains, a mild flowering and fruit set period, with continued spring rainfall to ensure a healthy canopy. Yields showed good balance between vine vigour and moderate berry size. The ripening period that began late January was very cool, with some welcome rainfall in mid-February. The delayed harvest, with cold nights and mild sunny days, produced excellent fruit ripeness and intensity. The freshness and bright natural acidity of the fruit were a real feature.

WINEMAKING

Sourced exclusively from Block 12 (2.3 Ha) which sits on a south-east facing, ironstone sandy outcrop. Hand-picked on the 26th March, 20% whole bunches, 30% whole berries mechanically sorted, 50% crushed in open fermenters and on skins for 20 days. A gentle maceration principle of wetting the cap and only draining and returning when reductive. Wild yeast ferment. No pressings are used in this wine. Exclusively matured in 25 hL French Oak foudres, 50% new and 50% one and two-year-old, for 16 months. To be bottled in November 2022. Certified Organic/Biodynamic.

Country: Australia

Region: McLaren Vale

Vintage: 2021

Variety: Shiraz/Syrah

Alcohol Volume: 13.5

Closure: Screwcap

Volume: 750

Weight: 1.6667kg

Wine Style: Red (Full Bodied)

97 Points

From a 2.3ha Maslin Sands block, 20% whole bunches, 30% whole berries, 50% crushed; wild fermented and matured for 16 months in new and used 25hL French foudres. A wine of remarkable intensity. Purity and balance underwrite a future measured in decades.

James Halliday- The Australian, February, 2024