Shadowfax Wines Minnow Carignan Grenache Mataro 2022 (6 Bottles) Werribee

by Wines By Cellars

$222.00 GST Included

AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED

A fun and vibrant wine with plum and blue fruits at its core. Dried apricots add another element. The tannins are raspy and long giving the wine a savoury crunch giving lovely texture and drive. The bright and lingering palate remains fresh, lending itself to that second or third glass.

Colour: Dark red to black with a ruby hue.

Aroma: Blueberries and dark plum fruits are complexed by some brairy spice. Blood orange notes and violets add intrigue

Palate: A fun and vibrant palate has plums and liquorice at its core. The tannins from the Carignan give extra crunch and those from the Grenache are velvet like. The long and lingering palate remains fresh, lending itself to that second or third glass.

Food Pairing: Mortadella, tapenade on toast, grilled quail.

Viticulture
A long cool growing season in Werribee. A settled flowering led to good crop levels. Careful canopy management and crop thinning were required. A late summer with warm days and cool nights allowed fruit to reach its full flavour ripeness, while retaining good acid structure. Fruit thinning encouraged full tannin ripeness.

Winemaking
A blend of 40% Carignan, 30% Grenache and 30% Mataro from our 25 year old vines at Shadowfax Werribee. The Grenache portion was carefully hand harvested and then went 100% natural, whole bunch fermentation in an open ferment. The Mataro and Carignan underwent wild fermentation using whole berries only, with gentle daily hand plunges to extract fine tannins. The wine was then pressed and left to rest in older French Hogs Heads for 9 months prior to racking and bottling.

 

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About Shadowfax Wines

Established in 1998, Shadowfax is a boutique winery located just 30 minutes from Melbourne in the heart of Werribee Park.

Dedicated to creating high quality and handcrafted wines, our renowned varieties include Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Riesling and Shiraz as well as a selection of highly limited, single-vineyard wines.

“At Shadowfax we want our vineyards to express their own unique characters and the wine grown there to talk to the one who’s drinking it, by telling its own story. The grapes grown must reflect the site, thus each vineyard site must be grown depending on its own requests. If you look, listen and taste (both grape, vine and soil) the vineyard will tell you its needs and wants.

Whether that be some foliage manipulation, fruit thinning or it may be screaming out for a little drink, we will act. We are not afraid of new ideas, experimentation, trials and tribulation, whilst having a ball doing so. We want the vineyard to do the talking using the wine glass as its stage.”

Alister Timms – Vineyard Manager

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