2018 Brooks Road Shiraz *
Named for the street on which the vineyard is located, Brooks Road Shiraz exhibits the compelling single site character of the vineyard. It marries red, blue and black fruit aromas with perfumed and savoury elements and captures the full flavour of Shiraz with deeply ripe plum and blackberry fruits. The powerful and defined tannins are balanced with even-paced acid structure which accentuates length of flavour and delivers a sense of sustained purity on the palate.
Block information:Blocks300s(75%) – 2.9-hectare contoured planting from 1971. Dark yellowish-brown loam with 10-50% fragments of siltstone. Yield of 8-tonnes per hectare;Block 126(15%) – 5.6-hectare block planted in 2002. One of the steepest slopes overlooking the Onkaparinga river. Shallow soil of brown silty clay loam with 20-50% siltstone fragments. Yield of 5.2-tonnes per hectare.Blocks 200s(7%) – 2.3-hectarecontoured planting from 1971. Dark brown clay loam, overlaying a light grey, fine-grain layered bedrock. Yield of 8.5-tonnes per hectare.
Winemaking: Hand-picked between the 13thand 15thof March, destemmed and berry sorted, 50% crushed into open top fermenters. 10% whole bunches. Cold soaked. Gentle maceration and plunging. Drain and returns during peak fermentation, followed by wetting cap only in the morning and night for remaining time to dry on skins. Approximately 18 days on skins. No pressings used and drained directly into barrel. Kept on the lees for 6-months, with two rack and returns in the subsequent 9-months. Aged in predominantly French oak Burgundy coopered 500l puncheons (30% new) and 25hl round foudres (vats). Bottled in August 2019. Screw Cap.Â
