2020 had a dry winter and spring lead to early vineyard intervention in order to keep soil profiles moist. Frost and hail assisted with yield reduction at flowering resulting in high quality low cropping fruit. The result was the lowest yielding Barossa vintage in a decade and having the vines push all of their energy into the remaining fruit, gave way to superb quality and balance in the wines.

The 2020 Butcher’s Cart Shiraz was sourced from select northern Barossa Valley vineyards of red-brown sands over clay, delivering a rich and generous Shiraz. Additional fruit was sourced from the higher altitude region of Eden Valley, lifting the spicy nose and lengthening the palate with bright mineral nuances. 63.9% Barossa Valley, 35.9% Eden Valley. The St Hallett winemaking philosophy is relatively simple -  minimum intervention and maximum attention. Each vineyard destined for Butcher’s Cart was vinified separately and had skin contact for ten days with six pump overs per day. Post-pressing, the wine was sent to 20% new American, 10% new French & 70% older American Oak Hogsheads for 10 months of maturation. All barrels were individually assessed at final blending to ensure absolute quality.