Mitchell McNicol Shiraz 2010 (Clare Valley)

Clare Valley Shiraz is recognised for the purity of its fruit. Although the wines certainly offer power and tannic structure, there’s freshness and elegance too due largely to the elevation of the region at 400-500m above sea level. Higher elevation preserves acidity and, in many ways, simply makes it easier to produce more interesting Shiraz.

The fruit for the Mitchell McNicol Shiraz 2010 wine is selected during vintage from individual parcels of Shiraz that show some distinctive characters suited to ageing. Largely whole bunch fermented with natural yeasts, it is aged in tight grained 500 litre French oak barrels for two years in our humidified cellar before being estate bottled, then aged in bottle for a further six years prior to release.