Tasting Notes
Dry-grown pre-colonial clone Shiraz from the hilltop of Clarendon. Picked early in yet another very hot year avoid deterioration of the fruit integrity and quality. Open top fermented with 75% de-stemmed and 25% whole bunches for 2 weeks. This vineyard no matter how much I feel the urge to coerce towards vibrant and playful it alway expresses itself by the earth. Flinty, stoney, minerals. Pressed once primary fermentation was complete and racked to 7 year old french hogsheads. Bottled towards the end of spring. - James Madden
James Madden is a friend and a hell of a personality. His wines aren't much different really... The vineyards are all farmed organically in McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills (some by James himself) and a bare minimum is done to interfere with the wines natural course. No additions, no subtractions, just fermented juice. James comes from a hospitality background where he worked all over the country running bars and restaurants until he caught the winemaking bug like so many of us. He is pretty much self taught but does pull knowledge from his handful of vintages with James Erskine (Jauma), Alex Schulkin (The Other Right) and Anton von Klopper (Lucy Margaux). I have lots of love for these wines and I can't wait to see the journey James takes us on. - Chris L
| Product Type | Wine Red Shiraz |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | South Australia |
| Sub Region | Adelaide Hills |
| Winemaking Practices | Natural |
| Vineyard Practices | Organic/Biodynamic |