2022 Heirloom Vineyards A'Lambra Barossa Shiraz

COLOUR Dark - dark - violet and black-purple. Impenetrable. AROMA Dark liqueur chocolates and that distinctive Barossan shiraz black and pink peppercorn. A neat, dovetailed mix of winemaking bouquet (cinnamon, musk, sandalwood and cigar box) and vineyard aromatics (shiraz’s aniseed, fennel, tar, roses, plums and prunes). Melodious, complimentary, and perfectly wedded. PALATE A textural red wine with an underlying velvet fruit plushness. There’s restraint, however. Whilst mouth-coating it is also refreshing, pert, alive and attuned. Lively and giving rather than a monster in a bottle. This is a savoury and long shiraz that sings. Bright and yet dense black fruit flavours remain to the forefront. A world away from the heavy and dead Barossan shiraz fruit dirges of the past. Evolution. OVERALL This powerful and yet graceful and balanced red wine is - like all the highest quality wines - best suited to the simplest,most seasonal and authentic foodstuffs. A good butcher’s best sausage with some mashed potato and sauerkraut? Great wine and authentic food - it is not rocket scientology.

Heirloom Vineyards was conceived in vintage 2000, when a young winemaking student caught the eye of a silly old wine judge. A love story ensued inspired by two vows: To preserve the best of tradition, the old world of wine and our unique old vineyards and to champion the best clones of each variety planted in the most appropriate sites embracing the principals of organic and biodynamic farming. Seven long vintages of trial and error passed before Heirloom Vineyards could make a wine that was fine enough to pass on to future generations. That is this wine.
 

This Heirloom Vineyards Shiraz was produced from our best Barossa Valley Vineyard whose clones and viticulture embody the very best in cutting edge but old school viticulture and winemaking. Hand tended vines, sorted bunch by bunch, naturally open fermented, basket-pressed and stored in well seasoned both American and French oak barrels from bespoke coopers.
 

OUR WINE NOTES
Shiraz can be a simple sip or a symphony of the senses, a moment of pleasure or an eternity of contemplation. Only the poet can know, so stop thinking and surrender.