Medium to full bodied with concentrated fruit and a delicate balance of french oak and silky tannins
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RegionMcLaren Vale, South Australia
Vintage2014
TypeRed Wine
VarietyShiraz
Variety CompositionBiodynamic
Organic Wine✔
Volume750ml
Alcohol Volume14%
PH3.51
Standard Drinks8.3
Acidity6.5
Sugar3.1
ClosureScrewCap
Bottling Date15/12/2015
BackgroundWhen viticulture and winemaking work in synchronicity, the end result is naturally elegant wine. At Paxton we grow grapes and make wines that radiate purity, vitality and elegance.
Biodynamics is the most advanced form of organic farming. We use natural preparations and composts to bring the soil and vines into balance, resulting in wines that truly showcase and preserve the unique vineyards of McLaren Vale.
Vintage Notes2015 vintage was one of the shortest and earliest ever recorded in McLaren Vale. Until February we experienced one of the coolest and driest summers since 1980. However, February warmed up and we saw early ripening of the grapes. This early ripening, as well as long periods without rain, made for fantastic colour and intense flavours at harvest. A great year for red and white varieties
Vineyard NotesQuandong Farm
In 2004 the Quandong Farm vineyard was the first of the Paxton Vineyard’s to be converted to Biodynamic practices. The purity of fruit flavours giving a profile of dark berries with a mid palate intensity. These flavours are enhanced by hand picking, whole bunch and wild yeast spontaneous fermentation. Maturation takes place over nine months in French oak Barriques and the wine is bottled with minimal Sulfur dioxide, no fining or filtration.
WinemakingSingle vineyard wine, hand picked, 20% whole bunch, wild ferment in small batch open fermenters. 100% French oak barriques.
ColourDeep red with a vibrant purple hue
BouquetBright lifted red berry fruits, with a distinctive whole bunch and wild ferment character. Packed full of fruit with a raspberry tartlet biscuit fragrance
PalateMedium to full bodied, this wine is powerful and seductive, with concentrated fruit and a delicate balance of French oak and silky tannins
Peak Drinking / Cellaring PotentialThis wine can be enjoyed young, however, careful cellaring for 5–20 years will be rewarded
Vinification
The grapes were hand picked and selector harvested at optimum flavour and sugar equilibrium. 20% of the harvest was used as whole bunches while the remainder were delicately destemmed over the top of the whole bunches. The ferment was 100% wild/ natural yeast. The small batch ferments were carefully plunged and pumped over for 14 days to extract colour, flavour and tannin structure. The ferments were pressed to new and mature French oak barriques, where they were nurtured for 12 months prior to blending and bottling
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