St Hallett Butchers Cart Shiraz 2021
ST HALLETT'S BUTCHER'S CART SHIRAZ AT AUSTRALIA'S BEST PRICE PREVIOUS VINTAGE 94 POINT RATED JAMES HALLIDAY
- AUSTRALIA'S BEST PRICE ON ST HALLETT'S BUTCHER'S CART SHIRAZ
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- 5 RED STAR RATED BAROSSA VALLEY WINERY JAMES HALLIDAY
- ICONIC PRODUCER ST HALLETT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1944
Vintage: | 2021 |
Source/Region: | Barossa Valley, South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Shiraz |
Cellaring: | Drink now or cellar short term |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 14.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.60 |
Rating: | 0 |
Black cherry, raspberry, tilled earth with vanilla, nutmeg and nuances of milk chocolate. Palate opens with ripe blackberry and plum. This wine is layered with exotic spices. The oak is well balanced and lifts the bright fruit core. There is a noticeable drive of dense, textured tannins which complement the fruit bringing the wine together with a long, persistent finish.
Enjoy this rich and bold Shiraz simply with a scotch fillet and charred greens.
2021 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 2021 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.
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