Pre-Release 2023 Redbrook Estate Shiraz

colour

Inky purple-black with dense red rim. Youthful & vibrant.

aroma & palate

Vibrant floral notes coupled with mulberry and blood plum fruits are married with complex and textural savoury elements of fresh earth, peat and white pepper corns. The medium-bodied palate has extraordinary drive and length of flavour with vibrancy and purity of fruit being at the forefront of the style and a lovely, succulent chalky tannin. A rare wine from rare vines.

cellaring

Peak drinking to 2027 onwards.

vintage

The 2023 vintage in Margaret River started with the 2022 winter temperatures being cooler than the long-term average, which is fantastic for ensuring a sound dormancy for the vines to set them up for a strong growing season. There was markedly less than-average winter rain however but enough to re-charge dams and the soil profile.

winemaking

Made from our vineyards in the Wilyabrup sub-region of Margaret River with the majority from our mature Redbrook vineyard planted in 1975. Hand-picked and cold soaked with a touch over 50% whole bunches included in the base of the ferment. Wild fermentation for the first ~20% of fermentation before being overseeded with yeast – for aromatic, flavour and textural complexity. The wine was then aged in seasoned large-format (500L) French oak puncheons for 10 months which preserves the perfumed, savoury and peppery aromatics that defines our unique style of Redbrook Shiraz.

region

Margaret River

variety

Shiraz

analysis

• Alcohol: 14.5%
• pH: 3.48
• TA (Acidity): 6.41 g/L
• Vegan-friendly

Slow cooked pork shoulder with fennel and rosemary roasted pumpkin. 

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