Personalised Hickinbotham Brooks Road Shiraz 2015 14% 750ml

Personalised Hickinbotham Brooks Road Shiraz 2015 14% 750ml

TASTING NOTES

PALATE

This Shiraz reflects the consistent characters this vineyard displays each year. Brilliant blue and black fruit with structured tannins in an elegant, harmonious and balanced form.

VINIFICATION

After the hand-picked Shiraz Shiraz grapes were delivered from high country (210-230 metres) by Viticulturer Michael Lane, Winemaker Charlie Seppelt destemmed and sorted the whole berries into open fermenters. The cold soak was four days, the skins plunged three times daily, and the minimum time on skins was eighteen days. The wine was then basket pressed; its free run and pressings kept separate. To minimise filtration at bottling, three rack-and-returns were conducted over fifteen months as the wine seasoned in a mixture of Burgundy-coopered barrels.

VINTAGE NOTES

Regular Winter rainfall was followed by a dry Spring, leading to early and uneven flowering across our site. The hot summer led to low bunch weight, and a quick but consistent veraison. Vintage was very compressed but the great positives came from consistently thick skin content across all varieties leading to terriffc flavours and colour, plus most importantly the signature from the vintage, its tannin profile.

WINEMAKERS COMMENTS

The Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard covers a steep cut of country from the ridgetops above the village of Clarendon to the Onkaparinga River in the gorge below. Since its establishment in 1971, the Hickinbotham vineyard has been a part of Australia’s wine heritage, supplying fruit to produce many of Australia’s greatest wines. Breathing new life into this historic vineyard, Winemakers Charlie Seppelt, Peter Fraser and Chris Carpenter are foraging a new era of Hickinbotham’s prestigious legacy; building upon and honoring the vineyard’s acclaimed record.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCT

Country: Australia

Region: McLaren Vale

Vintage: 2015

Variety: Shiraz & Shiraz Blends

alcohol volume: 14.0

closure: Screwcap

volume: 750

weight: 1.57kg

wine style: Red (Full Bodied)