St. Andrews Shiraz 2013

Nose: The wine has a complex and enticing nose showing dark berry fruit along with juicy black plum, spice, cedar and hints of chocolate and roasted coffee.

Palate:This is a voluptuous wine with great mid palate expression, layers of flavour and yet great balance. Fresh red berry fruits are cradled across the palate by mocha and vanilla spice flavours from high quality oak. The barrel fermentation results in a wine that has well integrated fruit and oak and harmonious, elegant flavours and a long persistent finish.

Colour: At release, the wine has a deep red colour with a purple hue to the edge.

Grape Variety: Shiraz

Dry/Sweet: Dry

Vintage: 2013

Range: St. Andrews

Blend or Single: Single Variety

Region: Clare Valley

Wine Body: Full

Oak Maturation:

Vintage Condition: In the Clare Valley, growing conditions leading up to vintage 2013 could best be described as benign, apart from a frost event of mid-October which impacted several blocks on our estate vineyards. There were very few significant rainfall events over the growing period with the season being described overall as dry. The first week of December saw a 30mm down pour which was most definitely a season changer. Without the rain event, the overall yields from 2013 would have been very low. Harvest conditions were excellent with the first white varieties picked in early February. Our winemakers report that quality is outstanding across all varieties, with excellent acid balance and flavour development displayed in the resultant wines.

Cellaring Notes: Crafted for immediate enjoyment but will cellar over a long term under ideal conditions.

Alcohol Volume: 14.3

Residual Sugar: 0.63

Standard Drinks:

pH: 3.5

Trophies Awarded: 2