2024 Picardy Shiraz (NEW)

Tasting note by Ray Jordan:

"With a strong focus on Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, some of the other excellent wines within the portfolio can be overlooked, and this is one of them.

This is Shiraz co-fermented with a small amount of Malbec and Viognier. It has a bright and lustrous colour, palish red with a little crimson hue. Nose is bright red fruits with a raspberry, rhubarb combo working with some light pepperiness. Palate is quite beautiful.

It's medium-bodied, but there is good flavour intensity as you might expect from this warmer year, which actually produced some outstanding fruit in Pemberton, and this is a compelling example.
The oak influence is quite light with just 18% new, but it sits harmoniously. Lovely wine."

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The first Picardy Shiraz was produced in 1997. An elegant, complex, rich, cool climate style wine, this variety is exceeding expectations and will continue to improve through cellaring.

Dan says that this wine is made using many techniques which we use in our Pinot Noir production but using Shiraz grapes, giving a wine in the style of the traditional old-world Shiraz. Picardy Shiraz typically contains about 4% Malbec and 2% Viognier (co-fermented) to give sweetness of fruit and greater complexity.

Its notable features include: excellent colour, pronounced fruit flavour, low pH without high acidity and fine-grained tannins. This is a complex wine.

* Please select any mix of 6, 12, 18, 24 etc… bottles as we can only ship orders rounded to the nearest 6 pack. You may mix any of our wines.