2019 Atlas 429' Shiraz

A powerful and intense Shiraz with blackcurrants, liquorice, cinnamon, nutmeg and dusty oak on the nose. Elegant and rich, the palate is also textural and supple, with firm tannins and well-integrated oak character that give the wine great mouthfeel, texture, length and persistence of flavour.

VINEYARD
Made with fruit hand-picked from the best and oldest dry-grown Shiraz vines at our White Hut vineyard in the Clare Valley. The vines grow in a mosaic of friable red loam and clay, with gravel and quartz, and patches of slate. These soils are tough, bony and low-yielding, producing fruit with concentrated flavours, character and exceptional power and intensity.

WINEMAKING
The fruit was cold-soaked, hand-plunged in open fermenters, and fermented between 18ºC and 24ºC. By employing a longer, cooler extraction, we were able to better preserve fruit characters, giving a purer expression of the vineyard and fruit. Wild fermentation and extended maceration were used to build complexity and mouthfeel in the wine, before maturation in a combination of new and seasoned French oak (approximately 20% new). The final wine was barrel-selected to ensure that only the best barrels were used, and blended in accordance with our own house style.