Pacha Mama Shiraz 2020 (6 Bottles) Heathcote, Vic

$177.00 GST Included

AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED

Elegant and oozing finesse, with mulberries, blood plums, earth and spice. She’s soft and fleshy and full of brooding dark fruits.

Winemakers Comments
Our fruit is sourced from carefully selected vineyard sites that sit along the side of the Mount Camel Ridge on the ancient red volcanic soils. Geologists say the soils are over 500 million years old and it’s these soils that are renowned for producing rich and complex shiraz. We strive to harness the power often found in Heathcote Shiraz to create a wine of elegance and balance.

How is the wine made?
Like all of our wines it’s all about picking the grapes when they are perfectly ripe! We pick these grapes over night so they are cool when they arrive at the winery for the morning crew to tip into tanks for ferment. Some parcels were fermented wild whilst the others were inoculated with cultivated yeast strains (fancy way of saying speciality yeast from a packet). The wine was left on skins for up to three weeks before pressing and racking to French oak for maturation. Each parcel was kept separate until blending to build layers and complexity into the wine.

Does this wine spend any time in oak barrels?
It sure does. 9 months in 25% new French oak barriques and the remainder in 2-6 year old French oak barriques.

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Description

Pacha Mama is a name inspired by a trip to Peru and the Incan Earth Goddess herself, who brings fruit to the vine and joy to the world.

The dynamic winemaking duo behind this exciting label are Nina Stocker and Callie Jemmeson. Based in the heart of Victoria’s idyllic Yarra Valley, Nina and Callie select their favourite varietals from regions they’re passionate about.

They believe in quality grapes, small batches, low intervention and a whole lot of fun! Their aim: to product stylish, individual wines that are great value. Wines that can be the glue between friends and strangers, lovers and haters and shouldn’t be intimidating or elitist as after all everyone has different tastes!

About Wine Unplugged
Wine Unplugged is a small unconventional wine business. A creative outlet for us Callie and Nina – Winemakers, mums, foodies and friends.

After years travelling the world making wine we wanted to create a business that enabled us to have a family whilst doing what we love every day, making, drinking and celebrating good wine!

Our projects have no boundaries other than producing high quality, affordable wines without the pretence. Wines that we are proud to put on our table and share with friends and family.

“High quality, affordable wines without the pretence”

We believe that wine can be the glue between friends and strangers, lovers and haters and shouldn’t be intimidating nor elitist … after all everyone has different tastes. All that matters is if you like it!

Winemaking doesn’t have to have barriers, like making wine under the same brand, or from a single vineyard, region or even country but what it does need is quality, creativity and passion.

We have been fortunate enough to have learnt our tricks of the trade winemaking across the globe. Learning from amazing people in Alentejo, Southern Rhône, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Northern Rhône, Provence, Beaujolais, Emilia Romagna, Alsace, Barolo, Sonoma, Central Otago, Marlborough and McLaren Vale.

With Nina’s background in science and Callie’s former life as a chef we think we make a pretty mean team! But the business is by no means just us – add into the mix Anita, KK, Caroline, and Dave and we have a power house of talented, passionate and insanely hard working people behind the scenes helping this all come to life.

We hope you enjoy our wines as much as we love making them for you.

Nina and Cal xx

Wine unplugged

Wine unplugged is a small, family-owned wine business that is home to the superlative wines of Pacha Mama and Cloak & Dagger - think of it as the ‘glue’ that binds them together. It’s focus is on making wine sustainably, using minimal-intervention, working with premium cool climate vineyards and growers striving to create wines that reflect the season and place in which they are grown.

Authenticity, community, humility and fun, are at the core of Wine Unplugged beliefs - life is short so ‘do what you love and love what you do’.