The Bethany First Village Shiraz 2022 boasts a deep, dark black/purple colour with purple highlights. Notes of dense dark berry fruits, cherries, and blackberries dominate the aroma, accompanied by hints of sandy earth, cayenne spice, and dark chocolate. On the palate, the wine is voluptuous and well-balanced, with strong drive and structure. The intense cherry and berry flavours burst forward and linger throughout the full length of the palate, leaving behind a satisfying coating of dark cacao chocolate fruit and texture. Finely-grained, silky tannins provide a solid framework for the wine, giving it shape, length, and structure. Overall, this is an elegant wine with impressive power and length, and a subtle finish enhanced by notes of cinnamon and oak.
The village of Bethany was the first settlement in the Barossa Valley in 1842. Predominately European immigrants arrived and began to build houses and till the soil. It was in 1852 that the first vines were planted on the Schrapel Family Vineyards in Bethany igniting a passion and tradition that continues on today, six generations later.
Parcels of fruit were harvested and fermented separately prior to being put to oak hogsheads for 12-18 months maturation with the balance of time in stainless steel to retain freshness. The final blend was composed prior to bottling to give all the composite parts time to come together.
