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Dave's Block

Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale
Single Vineyard Shiraz

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Dave’s Block is a very special old vineyard perched on an elevated site in Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale. The soil is classic white sand over clay, the cooler elevation allows the grapes to slowly mature. The hallmark of this wine is its lifted spicy aromatic profile and the beautifully textured and persistent tannins.

This very special vineyard was created from cuttings off the Kay Brother’s Block Six, a well-known vineyard with 110 year old vines. Previously used as the McLaren Vale component for Ares, Dave’s Block became part of the Single Vineyard Series in 2014 when we decided to bring Ares back to 100% Barossa Valley fruit.

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VITICULTURE

VINEYARD LOCATION: Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale
GROWER: Pridmore
BLOCK: Dam Block
SURFACE: 3.5Ac
SOIL PROFILE: Deep bleached white sand overlying mottled orange clay.
PLANTING ORIENTATION: East to West
ELEVATION: 152m
AVERAGE VINE AGE: 53 years
CLONE: Kay Brothers Block 6
PLANTATION DENSITY: 4 meter rows and 3 meter vine plantings
AVERAGE RAINFALL: 675mm
CULTURAL METHOD: Spur pruned, low yield and hand picked

WINEMAKING

FIRST VINTAGE: 2014
CURRENT VINTAGE: 2021
AVERAGE PRODUCTION: 5 Barrels

VINIFICATION: This block was crushed and de-stemmed into a stainless steel open top fermenter. The time spent on skins was 10 days. All free run and pressings were combined in tank and racked off gross lees to barrel, where malolactic fermentation occurred. The wine was bottled with minimum fining and no filtration.

18 months in 30% French oak puncheons. Always bottled in November the following vintage.

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