2013 Juniper Estate Shiraz
Halliday 93/100
Color, nose and palate
Color, nose and palate
On the nose this wine offers enticing fruit characters of blackberry, raspberry, plum and blueberry mixing with subtle oak aromas, coffee,
spice and vanilla. The medium bodied palate is intense with ripe fruit flavours and savoury complexity. Blackberry, cherry, blueberry and
plum flavours intermingle with spice, pepper and dusty tannins which will mellow with more time.
300 in stock
Description
Winemaker’s comments
The 2013 Juniper Estate Shiraz is made 100% from our Estate dry grown vines planted in 1973 and hence is a single vineyard wine representing the best portions of wine that reflect the nature of the site and the weather conditions of the 2013 vintage. To make this wine the grapes were hand-picked in several batches, de-stemmed, sorted & cold soaked prior to fermentation. Following barrel maturation in batches for 18 months, individual barrels were selected to create the final blend. Structure, complexity and depth of quality fruit are the key goals with this wine.
Varieties: Shiraz 100%
Region : Margaret River 100% estate grown
Oak: 18 months in 40% new French hogsheads
Picking Date: Hand-picked from 2th – 18st March 2013
Yield: 3.5 t/Ha
Baumé: 13.2 – 14.0 Be°
Ferment: Open fermenters with cold soak
for up to 5 days prior to fermenting
Alcohol: 14.0%
pH: 3.55
TA: 6.2g/L
