Audrey Wilkinson Shiraz 2022 13.5% 750ml

Audrey Wilkinson Shiraz 2022 13.5% 750ml

TASTING NOTES
APPEARANCE
Deep red in colour with violet hues.

AROMA
Intense aromas of red charries and plums with hints of spices and savoury oak.

PALATE
The medium bodied palate is plush and balanced with flavours of cherries, plums and nutmeg. Soft tannins from the oak add structure and complexity.

CELLARING POTENTIAL
Enjoy now or cellar for 5 years.

VINIFICATION
This wine has been produced from Shiraz grapes picked in late February from our Audrey Wilkinson Vineyard along with local growers in Pokolbin. The grapes were crushed and cold soaked for 3 days, then fermented in 7 tonne fermenters for 10 days with pumping over twice a day. The wine was pressed and put to French oak barriques and puncheons to undergo maturation for 10 months. The wine was then blended, sterile filtered and bottled under screwcap.

VINTAGE NOTES
The 2022 vintage began in the Hunter Valley with significant late spring rainfall which then gave way to drier but cooler than average weather through December and January. The resulting long, cool ripening period allowed for the grapes to develop complex and intense flavours, whilst maintaining freshness and bright acidity .