

95 POINT RATED JENI PORT HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION PETALUMA B&V ADELAIDE HILLS SHIRAZ
Vintage: | 2019 |
Source/Region: | Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
Cellaring: | Drink now or cellar up to 10 years |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 14.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.60 |
Rating: | 95 |
A medium-bodied and complex wine with luscious raspberry and dark berry fruits, alongside liquorice, white pepper and spicy cedar notes. The palate continues with a generous, sweet-fruit mid palate with mocha oak notes and talc-like tannins providing excellent structure with a lingering persistence of raspberry fruits.
The 2019 vintage produced one of the smallest crops on record following a poor set then hail. The yield was down by 60% which concentrated fruit flavours. A warm summer led the overall growing season to be significantly warmer (1864°C days) compared to the long term average
(1413°C). This was accompanied by very dry conditions from December through to the commencement of hand harvesting on the 4th April.
Organically grown and vinified, though not certified, the handpicked fruit was cold soaked before fermentation in stainless steel fermenters. Heading down boards were used for gentle colour, flavour and tannin extraction. The wine was then inoculated with QA23 and rack and returned daily before inoculation with malolactic bacteria whereby it was pressed to tank then racked to barrel. The wine was matured on 100% French oak (58% new, balance one year old) for 19 months before it was racked out of barrel, undergoing light filtration before bottling.
95 Point Rated - Jeni Port Halliday Wine Companion
"Matured 19 months in French oak (58% new). Generosity is this wine's middle name, from the ripe, persistent tannins and the black-hearted fruit and spice to the well-laid coffee-mocha oak. Fragrant and complex in dark spice, licorice, nutmeg, blackberry, loamy earth and toasty oak, it goes on to form a solid tannin base on the palate with an impressive intensity. If you can, give it more time in the bottle."
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