Gumeracha - Shiraz 2022

VINEYARD: GUMERACHA VINEYARDS - GUMERACHA

ELEVATION: 390-450M

ASPECT: NORTH 10°

VINIFICATION:

MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF THE VINEYARD PICKED ON THE 2ND OF APRIL, EACH VINEYARD SECTION REMAINED SEPERATE WITH FERMENTS RUNNING CONCURRENTLY. ALL FRUIT IN OPEN FERMENTORS WITH VARIANCE BETWEEN 15% AND 45% WHOLE BUNCH.

ELEVAGE OF 14 MONTHS IN BOTH FRENCH OAK HOGSHEAD AND BARRIQUES WITH 30% NEW. BOTH UNFINED AND UNFILTERED.

13.3% ALC 3.45 PH 5.2G/L TA

REVIEWS

TOM KLINE - WINE PILOT - JANUARY 2024 - 94 POINTS

Green peppercorn sits above vibrant blackberry to start, before black tea, graphite, mocha, tilled earth, pan juices and gentle menthol emerge with air. Lovely depth, restraint, and complexity to draw you into the glass. A medium bodied palate, with a cooling mineral feel to lift and cut the rich dark fruit and spice-led profile – blackberry, black pepper, black tea, earth. Drying mocha-laced tannins assert themselves on a burst of fruit before the acid kicks and buoys the fruit notes through the palate. The light and shade balance here is excellent. This is ‘dappled’, dare I say. A perfumed, complex, and classy cool climate Shiraz calling out for an eye fillet

HOUN HOOKE - THE REAL REVIEW - NOVEMBER 23 - 90 POINTS

Very deep, bright and saturated purple-red, a plummy/inky/pepper-spice bouquet, the palate massive and brawny with loads of tannin and a chewy feel that persists long after the wine has departed. As it is, it demands cellaring.