SMG 2019

Cultivar:

• 72% Shiraz
• 14% Mourvèdre
• 14% Grenache

Tasting notes:

• A rich, full bodied wine with rich peppery spice, liquorice and forest floor.
• Distinctively Shiraz-like with barnyard notes and anise, with tobacco, cigar box and vanilla
• Seamless oak integration
• Pair with French onion soup

Winemaking notes:

• Harvested early in the morning and allowed to cold soak for 5 days at 11˚C.
• Temperature was then raised to 18˚C to allow for partial natural fermentation.
• Punch downs every 5 hours during fermentation.
• Post ferment maceration of 9 days.

Oaking regime:

Aged for 12 Months in French and European Oak

Analysis:
Alc.: 14.45%
TA: 5.7 g/l
pH: 3.59
rs: 1.1 g/l
TSO2: 59 mg/l
Total production: 7 barrels