2021 Tenafeate Creek Block 5 Shiraz, One Tree Hill
2021 Tenafeate Creek Block 5 Shiraz, One Tree Hill
Deep and intensely aromatic, the bouquet reveals smoked meats, leather and preserved plum layered with five-spice, blackberry and subtle savoury oak. The palate is bold and structured, packed with dense black fruit flavours supported by layers of fine tannins and a whisper of creamy oak. Rich notes of blackberry, dark plum and liquorice are complemented by savoury spice and balanced acidity, carrying through to a persistent finish with remarkable depth and refinement. Excellent value.
Vino Masters Score: 96/100
★★★★★ A powerful and impeccably structured Shiraz delivering richness, complexity and outstanding length.
15% Alc/Vol
‘A hand selection of Shiraz from a single block, within a Single vineyard. The fruit is hand pick, destemmed an open top fermenter, where cooling was employed throughout the fermentation between 18-28oC. There was two pump overs and one hand plunge every day to optimise flavour, colour and tannin extraction. After 6 days of primary fermentation, the fermented wine was then gently Basket Pressed to a settling tank for 7 days, where it was then racked to 100% New French oak puncheons to undergo Malolactic fermentation. Post MLF a further 18 months barrel aging on fine LEES, before being bottled unfined and unfiltered’.
Michael Costa - Winemaker.
