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Multi Award Winner
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95 Point Rated Secret Santa Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2016

95 Point Rated Secret Santa Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2016

95 POINT HALLIDAY RATED MULTI AWARD WINNING SINGLE VINEYARD SHIRAZ

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  • 95 POINT RATED JAMES HALLIDAY 
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  • MULTI AWARD WINNER 
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Specifications:
Vintage: 2016
Source/Region:

Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Grape Variety: Shiraz
Cellaring: Drink now or cellar short term
Bottle Top: Stelvin
Alcohol Content: 14.00
Standard Drinks: 8.30
Rating: 95
Tasting Notes:

Deep purple with a vibrant plum hue. Aromas of blackcurrant, ripe plums, raspberries and black forest cake with subtle cracked black pepper notes. Balanced oak spice with hints of vanilla rounds out the nose. On the palate there is juicy satsuma plum, blackcurrant and raspberry with nuances of beetroot and wild thyme. The fruits are balanced and integrated with savoury oak spice with a touch of vanilla. Full bodied palate with velvety structural tannin, balanced acidity which is firm but supports the exceptional length and weight of the wine. 

Technical:

The shiraz was selected from a single vineyard in the southern Adelaide Hills from the sub region of Kuitpo with a small portion of Kuitpo Cabernet added to round out the palate. The vineyard is planted on an easterly facing slope that gives elegant spice and pepper and managed with minimal water to concentrate flavour. The block contains low yielding balanced vines which produce delicately flavoured and regionally characteristic wines. 

Fermented in a combination of open and potter fermenters for 8 days on skins allowing the rich fruit characters to be fully extracted from the grapes, managed with minimal pumpovers to avoid excessive extraction then pressed off skins and transferred straight to 10% new French oak, and balance to 1, 2 and 3 year old oak to finish ferment. The wine was matured on lees in a combination of French and American Oak for 15 months before clarification and bottling. 

Accolades & Awards:

95 Points James Halliday Wine Companion

"From a single vineyard in Kuitpo, 8 days on skins in open and Potter fermenters, matured in French and American oak for 15 months. Bright hue; an elegant, medium-bodied syrah, its X-factor coming from its east-facing slope that maximises the morning sun and minimises the afternoon sun. Its got a spice and cracked pepper garnish for the red and black fruits, the tannins fine but persistent. A total contrast to its Acquaintance sibling."


Highly Rated Huon Hooke

"Deep, youthful purple/red colour. The aromas are super-ripe and almost porty, with blackberry jam touches. It's quite sweet in the mouth, with very soft, mild tannins. A very jubey style of shiraz."


The Chain Of Ponds Graves Gate Adelaide Hills Shiraz Outpointed The Following Big Names In James Hallidays Wine Companion;

1847 Chateau Yaldara Grand Pappys Barossa Shiraz 2016 ($220 RRP 89 Pts JH)

Beresford Grand Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 ($180 RRP 86 Points JH)

Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz 2016 ($150 RRP 93 Pts JH)

Kensington Wines 1919 Old Vine Glenrowan Shiraz 2016 ($150 RRP 85 Pts JH)

Penfolds Bin 150 Marananga Shiraz 2016 ($100 RRP 94 Pts JH)

Award Winner 

Adelaide Hills Wine Show 2017

Small Winemakers Show 2017

Great Australian Shiraz Challenge 2017