Oakridge Vineyard Shiraz 2022
Retail:
Elegantly medium bodied with a real lightness of touch.
Wine Details
Region Yarra Valley
State Victoria
Wine Type Red Wine
Variety Type Shiraz
Alcohol Percentage 13.6%
Background
The Vineyard Series matches specific varieties and sites to give you outstanding examples of single vineyard wines.
Tasting Notes
This is really complex, lifted and detailed. Black cherry, blood plum, dried raspberry and dark brambles inflected with light brown spices and hints of aniseed. It’s so bright and fresh, with a soft, rich satiny palate. The blackcurrant and cherry fruit shine through the cinnamon/allspice complexity, with notes of pastry crust, violets, licorice and rosemary. This is composed in both its size and structure, elegantly medium bodied with a real lightness of touch.
Vineyard Notes
This wine was sourced from the north-facing Oakridge vineyard sited in the grey alluvial loams of Coldstream.
Winemaker's Notes
A traditional winemaking approach was used to produce this wine - 70% whole berry and 30% whole bunch fermentation in open vessels followed by 14 months maturation in French oak puncheons.
Vintage Notes
A long, late and cool growing season with very low crops delivering wines with exceptional flavour, freshness and balance.
Product Reviews (1)
Halliday Wine Companion - 97pts
“A mix of 30/70% whole bunches/whole berries and matured for 14 months in French puncheons (10% new). A beautiful, bright purple. Highly perfumed with aromas of dark cherries, black raspberries, violets and subtle spice. Medium bodied, balanced and finely structured, this poised, energetic and elegant wine can be enjoyed now and over the next five to seven years. An outstanding Yarra shiraz.” – Philip Rich
