2021 Block 15 Shiraz Pressings
($191.25 Members Price)
At Hayes Family Wines we typically blend the pressings (the final juice extracted from the skins in our old school basket press). The pressings typically carry more colour, tannin and extract then the free run juice. When things are right, and the volume is such that the underlying blend is not impacted we can choose to bottle the pressing component separate. The result, a wine for the ages.
($191.25 Members Price)
At Hayes Family Wines we typically blend the pressings (the final juice extracted from the skins in our old school basket press). The pressings typically carry more colour, tannin and extract then the free run juice. When things are right, and the volume is such that the underlying blend is not impacted we can choose to bottle the pressing component separate. The result, a wine for the ages.
($191.25 Members Price)
At Hayes Family Wines we typically blend the pressings (the final juice extracted from the skins in our old school basket press). The pressings typically carry more colour, tannin and extract then the free run juice. When things are right, and the volume is such that the underlying blend is not impacted we can choose to bottle the pressing component separate. The result, a wine for the ages.
Technical Tasting Notes
2021 Block 15 Shiraz PRESSINGS
GROWING SEASON
The 2021 Barossa Valley vintage will be remembered as an almost faultless season after the challenging years that preceded it. Good spring rains meant that for the first time in many years we entered the growing season with good soil moisture levels. A warm dry growing season followed, with balanced and healthy canopies producing an average crop of extremely high quality fruit. Certainly the best in a decade, maybe longer. The good news is that flavours and colours (in reds) and overall quality is exceptional. A truly great Barossa vintage in the making.
TASTING NOTE
The 2021 Block 15 brings together one of the Northern Barossa’s best blocks in a truly wonderful season. Old vine Ebenezer Shiraz grown by one of the Barossa’s grape growing legends, Marcus Schulz. A single barrel of pressings was retained and not blended, but rather bottled separately. Incredibly dense powerful black and blue fruits dominate the nose, new french oak plays its part, but the fruit dominates. Like its sibling, the full bodied pallet is long, dense and supported by next level tannins that will carry this wine in the decades to come.
SPECIFICATIONS
Region: Barossa Valley
Sub Region: Ebenezer, Barossa Valley
Variety: Shiraz
Alcohol: 14.7%
Production: 300 bottles
Cellaring: 20 years+
Winemaker: Andrew Seppelt
Reviews
2021 BLOCK 15 SHIRAZ PRESSINGS
Not reviewed
