- Wine colorRed
Tasting Notes
Grape Variety | 100% Shiraz |
Vintage | 2007 |
Oak maturation | Portions of old and new French oak for 18 months |
Alcohol | 14% Alc/Vol |
Release date | September 2010 |
Peak drinking | A most attractive and approachable style to enjoy at a young age. Drink now |
Food matches | Traditional Australian BBQ or veal scallopini and sage |
Colour | Vibrant scarlet red |
Aroma | Traditional Margaret River shiraz aromas of red berries and cherries with extra interest in the form of liqueur chocolate and a hint of fragrant spice. |
Palate | A friendly, medium weight Shiraz with juicy sweet red fruit to start gently merging with the structural oak components through the mid palate. A slightly cool spice quality also runs through the wine contributing some elegance and length. |
Winemaker Comments
Viticulture
Sourced from neighbouring properties in the northern sub-region of Margaret River (Yallingup). Meticulous management of bud numbers and shoot thinning ensured a balanced canopy for the crop to be ripened. Particular attention is paid to sourcing fruit from the well regarded gravelly soils of northern Margaret River. 2007 was one of the warmest and earliest vintages on record producing fruit with good sugar levels at a time well before any degradation or shrivel had set in.
Winemaking
Each parcel of fruit was gently crushed into small open fermenters with traditional heading down boards where fermentation was carried out under strictly controlled temperature conditions. Gentle extraction (a Forester Estate style) was achieved by daily draining of wine away from skins and returning back over. The wine was pressed to tank after 10 days on skins where 30% was sent to new and older french barriques to complete the primary and malo-lactic ferment.