The Wine
Dark chocolate and cardoman notes with fresh blackcurrent, blueberry and dried prune fruit. Full bodied, rich and dark with smooth velvety tannins. Spicy and warm, with black olives and pepper. With all it’s power and length, it still shines with elegance and bright fruit.
Drinking... Drinking beautifully right now at release, and will continue to develp with age - cellar to 2030, possibly beyond.
Alcohol: 15% alc/vol
The Winemaking
Hand-picked and destemmed to open-top tank for fermentation with 15% whole bunches, then gently hand plunged two to three times daily.
Pressed directly to oak with 3 weeks barrel fermentation followed by 10 months maturation – 100% French oak, 30% new oak.
Unfined, unfiltered, vegan.
Bottled: 10th February 2017
Production: 92 dozen
The Vineyard
Fechner Vineyard is owned & farmed by brothers Michael Fechner & Graeme Fechner near Moculta in the northern end of the Eden Valley.
The Fechner Vineyard is unique being one of only a few eastern facing vineyards in the Eden Valley region. The eastern slope which offers cooler daytime temperatures, together with higher altitude and cool valley winds produces optimum growing conditions for Shiraz.
Site location: Moculta – Eden Valley
Map coordinates: -34.475005,139.071367
Clone: 1654
Planted: 1999
Elevation: 345m
Aspect: East facing
Harvest: 7th March 2016
Tonnes: 1.33T
Soil: Broken Grey schist integrated with shallow limestone and red clay, very complex ancient soil.
