Matured in older French oak barriques for 15 months. Inky black core with a deep dark red black tinged hue. Aromas of black cherries and liquorice intermix with scorched earth, vanillin oak and blackpepper notes. Medium to full bodied the palate offers up rich blackberry and liquorice fruits over scorched earth, vanillin oak and peppered meats. Generous mouthfeel with ripe chewy tannins firming up the medium length aftertaste.
TASTING NOTES
The Vinaceous Snake Charmer Shiraz is dense and dark, almost black in colour indicating great fruit ripeness and intensity. The nose is brooding, with dark cherry and chocolate aromas, the palate is immense with ripe and fleshy fruit flavours and firm structural tannin. In its youth this wine will benefit enormously from decanting to allow the full expression of aroma and flavour. This wine will develop and become softer and fleshier – have patience!
COLOUR
NOSE
The nose is brooding, with dark cherry and chocolate aromas
PALATE
The palate is immense with ripe and fleshy fruit flavours and firm structural tannin
WINE MAKING
Grapes harvested at full ripeness in the cool of the night were crushed into open topped fermentation vessels, colour and tannin extraction was facilitated with both plunging and pumping over of the fermenting liquid. At dryness the wine was pressed off skins with retention of the pressings in the blend. The wine was then matured in 100% French oak barriques for 15 months.
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