Sevenhill Inigo Shiraz 2020 (Clare Valley)

The fruit for the 2020 Inigo Shiraz was selectively harvested during the last few days in February and the beginning of March. Yields were very low for the vintage so many of the blocks of Shiraz that went into this wine were fermented on skins in our historic open slate fermenters and then pressed off skins via the basket press. Using this equipment gives a wonderful warmth and softness to the tannin structure.

Most of the batches went straight to barrel after fermentation, again this is a variance to normal practice caused by the small volumes of wine and the availability of barrels. The amount of new oak the wine received remained at around 15%. All new oak was French and the older being a mix of French and American Hogsheads.

Overall, the wine stayed in barrel for 15 months and was bottled with light filtration in December 2021.