Winter Sale – 2020 Heart & Soil Reserve Shiraz 6-pack
RRP: Original price was: $300.00.$150.00Current price is: $150.00.
HEART & SOIL wines are the pure expression of Australia’s blue skies, sunshine and ancient landscape.
Our ancient and pristine soils harness the warmth of our sunlit landscape. They help us to create hearty wines that we are proud to drink and offer to you.
Enjoy a 6 pack of Heart & Soil Reserve Shiraz.
Winemaker: Ben Glaetzer
Region: Langhorne Creek
Soil: Sandy Loam
Variety: Shiraz
Age of Vines: 50 Years +
Maturation: 14 months in French oak hogsheads. 60% new, 40% 2nd fill.
Tasting Notes
Enjoy a 12 bottle pack of shiraz from Heartland at an incredible price. You won't be disappointed.
This soft and forward edition of the DC Shiraz was ready willing and able to please from the moment it was bottled.
A very small quantity of top end fruit was harvested in 2020 and no expense was spared to live up to the quality expectations Heartland drinkers have come to enjoy. This is blackberry jam and dark chocolate mousse with hints of vanilla and cinnamon running through the palate.
Vinification
The grapes are selected from some of the best Shiraz vineyards in the region. These vineyards are chosen for the consistent intensity and texture of the fruit. The strictest pruning techniques are used. The fruit for Directors’ Cut Shiraz was harvested at night and then crushed to small open top stainless-steel fermenters. After 24 hours of skin contact fermentation was commenced with our Rhône isolate yeast. Following 11 days of cool fermentation on skins and pumped over 3 times daily, the wine was transferred to French and American oak hogsheads for 14 months maturation. In the 2020 vintage we have limited ourselves to 30% new oak to ensure the fruit remained the focus and the guiding light of the wine in this cooler year.
Vintage
Lower than average crops were the result of a dry flowering season. Temperatures were unusually mild. Harvest began on the 6th of February, with our Shiraz being picked in early
March.
A long cool growing season led to excellent phenolic ripeness and intense color and an inviting brightness on the palate.
-2020
