Our specially crafted Braidwood Shiraz has a beautiful bouquet of plums and mulberries with some toasty cedar notes. The palate is juicy and generous with soft, velvety tannins. 

VINEYARDS

We source a single vineyard in the Frankland River Region for this wine. This region is perfectly suited to producing many red and white varieties due to its continental climate combined with low vigour and moderate ripening conditions. We have chosen this particular vineyard for its ability to produce typical Frankland River Shiraz, which as a result of being a cool climate, is intense in colour with ripe flavours yet is elegant in style and structure.

SEASON

Leading into 2022 we saw a cold wet winter, followed by a cool spring which resulted in good flowering and fruit set. The back end of the year warmed up and we then saw consistently warm, dry conditions which resulted in great vine growth and berry development.  The fruit harvested showed beautiful flavour, balance and ripeness.

WINEMAKING

The grapes where harvested during the cool of the night to ensure quality was maintained. A cool fermentation took place in static fermenters and gentle extraction of colour and flavour was achieved over a two week period. After primary ferment the wine was gently pressed off skins to a mix of new and older larger format French oak barrels. After 12 months maturation in barrel the wine was blended prior to bottling.

TASTING NOTES

This wine is made with fruit from the Frankland River Region of Western Australia, which produces wine with great richness of flavour. A beautiful bouquet of plums and mulberries with some toasty cedar notes. The palate is juicy and generous with soft, velvety tannins. Aged in French oak for twelve months.