Winery & Vintage Info
Son of Frost Dodger. Single vineyard estate grown wine in the chilly surrounds of Mount McKenzie in the Eden Valley, Barossa. This label represents our rendition of Eden Valley, Barossa Shiraz which is the non dried portion fruit that of Frost Dodger Shiraz and is aged in ex Frost Dodger barrels.
Family traditional responsible farming methods with a diet of composts, native grasses & flora as ground cover, low water input and natural sprays for diseases.
Low winter rains and a dry season overall with fruit yields down 30% due to severe November frosts. Expect dark berry, plum, chocolate sticky date pudding and liquored cherry undertones. Plump full palate will nice rich berry and chocolatey notes on the palate, with creamy fine tannins to finish. A beautifully complex & flavoured Shiraz.
In the garage the shiraz fruit was gently destemmed including 30% whole bunch into open top milk vats and fermented warm naturally and basket pressed to barrel to complete ferment. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Expect all that this label represents; wine enjoyment!
