Heathcote Shiraz
2014. $20
Sourced from a vineyard situated on the eastern side of Mt Camel on the red Cambrian soils of Colbinabbin. The resultant wine is medium bodied with lifted red fruit, pepper and spice.
Colour:
Dark red with slight purple hue.
Aroma:
Red fruit, slight violet, some pepper and spice, subtle oak.
Taste / Mouth Feel:
Medium-bodied, abundant tannin, with clean acid to hold it in line. Firm finish with subtle oak and a mineral quality that takes you to the finish. You can tell its Heathcote Shiraz, no DNA test required!!
Wine Makers Note.
A clean, lifted, fruit forward Heathcote Shiraz that avoids high alcohol and over extraction.
Not fined. Not filtered.
Analysis:
Clone PT23 (Planted in 1999)
14.0% alc.
PH 3.62
T/A 6.0g/l