Spinifez La Maline 2021 (6 Bottles), Barossa Valley

by Fine Wine Cellars

$424.00 GST Included

AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED

Returning after a three-year hiatus, the 2021 La Maline is a batch selection drawn from Pete and Magali’s own Rostein vineyard and another site that lies directly adjacent. Both vineyards are in the High Eden and are located at 490 metres elevation. They are 70 and 20 years of age respectively, are both dry-grown and have skeletal, sandy and granitic soils.

Vinification is kept simple: all fruit is hand-harvested and fermented with indigenous yeasts in open oak and steel fermenters for between 12 and 21 days before pressing. The 2021 saw between 30 and 45% whole bunches in the ferments and two per cent pressed Viognier marc was included in the must. Maturation took place in French oak barriques and demi-muids (approximately 40% new) on light lees for 20 months prior to assemblage and bottling.

La Maline, by design, is Spinifex’s purest and most finely structured expression of Barossa Shiraz. Vine age, altitude, ideal soils, dedicated viticulture and Pete’s skilled hand have resulted in a highly perfumed and savoury wine. It’s high-octane but remains lithe and elegant, with svelte and sinewy texture, stylish power and a multi-faceted, lengthy and potent close. Very much in best-ever territory here, this is excellent value to boot.

“Talk about nailing it. This slots straight into the realms of the glorious. It’s meaty, spicy, jammed with well-ripened fruit and just so well structured; so persistent. Plums and exotic spices, floral lifts, some undergrowth, some game. It feels filigreed; it feels certain. The complexity here, in a silken/seamless context, is right up there.” 95 points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front

“Good depth and hue of purple-ish colour, the bouquet fresh and minty, indeed a basket of fragrant herbs is there to sniff. The wine is elegant and medium-full bodied, with softly drying tannins and approachability. A wine of effortless power and style.” 95 points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review

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Description

Spinifex Wines owners and operators, Peter Schell and Magali Gely, have had a home in the Barossa Valley for over twenty years and hold a strong commitment to and passion for the Barossa. They also have a strong French connection, both physically and philosophically.

Magali’s family, who up until recently were vignerons with a long lineage in Lunel, near Montpellier, still live in south France, and over the last ten years Peter has worked six French vintages, in Provence, the Languedoc, Bordeaux and Burgundy.

Wine Making Process at Spinifex Wines

Time spent in the south of France has fuelled their interest in making unique, hand crafted wines with personality, which are generous and honest expressions of the varieties and their provenance.

Spinifex Wines grapes are sourced from a group of dedicated growers in both the Barossa and Eden Valleys, taking advantage of the great diversity of the soils and meso-climates of the Barossa to create wines with balance, character, depth of flavour and Barossan generosity.

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