Forest Hill Vineyard Shiraz 2021

A textbook Australian Shiraz with pepper & clove notes

Syrah (Shiraz)

$51.00

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Black Fruit, Pepper / Spice, and Preserved Fruit, Sweet Spice

BODY: Medium
DRYNESS: Very Dry
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Medium
ALCOHOL (%): Pronounced (12-14%)

Origin: Western Australia (Margaret River, Swan Valley & More), Australia

Grape Varietals:
Syrah (Shiraz)

Winemaking:
Organic Wines
Malolactic Fermentation

Maturation: 13-18 Months Oak Barrels

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING

Forest Hill Vineyard

A pinoeer of the Mount Barker sub-region in Western Australia, they were first established in 1965, they continue to produce individualistic wines of great character & quality

Description

Forest Hill Vineyard Shiraz 2021

Grape Varietals & Region: 10% Shiraz from various blocks on the Forest Hill Vyneard property in Mount Barker of Western Australia.

Taste Profile: Lifted aromas of blue fruits with florals and classic Mount Barker spice. Medium bodied but dense with fine ripe tannin and well balanced natural acidity.

Winemaking Process: The fruit was picked then de-stemmed/crushed into 8-tonne open fermenters and inoculated. The fermenters were pumped over with aeration twice a day; temperature was held around 25 °C. The wine was then pressed to Burgundian barriques for malolactic fermentation, allowing a soft integration of the grape and oak tannins. The wine was blended, fined with egg whites and bottled after 18 months maturation.

Shouldered & Powerful Reds

Powerful modern reds with the ability to age. They tend to be very intense, with ripe fruit, firm tannins & drinkability either young or cellared.

They often have notes of forest floor, blackcurrant, mint & eucalyptus