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2021 Waterfall Block Shiraz

Name: 2021 Waterfall Block Shiraz
Brand: Two Hands Wines
SKU: SVWAT217DOM
Price: 125.0 AUD
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Waterfall Block is the newest addition to the Single Vineyard stable, and a very unique and interesting vineyard, close to the Adelaide CBD. Waterfall Block is complexing steep site that needs to be seen to be believed: It has many short steep rows that are protected from the early morning light from the highest point of the Mount Lofty Ranges behind and again by the searing late day sun from a steep hillside to the north. This is an amazing micro climate that allows the low-yielding vines to ripen at their leisure with a canopy that keeps moving along with minimal stress.

Tasting Notes

COLOUR | Impenetrable black

AROMA | Immediate aromas of ginger, nutmeg, menthol, dark cherries, walnut, dried rose petal, rosemary, and blood plum come from the glass

PALATE | This wine is not overly concentrated or thick in the mouth, the fruits are linear and draw along a fine grain of tannin. This wine is very fine boned, elegant and feminine in its delivery. The most interesting wines are the ones that ask you the most questions, and this wine has the amazing ability to show you a different aromatic component each time you lift and smell the glass. What captured my interest the most with this wine is its soft and weightless energy, the tannins come to the fold very late and are always there in the back ground. The finish leaves you with a drying mouthfeel of flavour filled dark fruits, this is such an interesting wine for such an interesting micro climate. Two acres of vines wedged on to the side of a steep hill in the suburb of Burnside, amazingly only eight kilometres from the Central Post
Office of Adelaide.

The Growing Season

The 2021 vintage stands out as one of the most balanced in memory, with excellent winter rains, mild summer conditions, only one day over 40°C, and a perfectly timed February shower that refreshed vines for slow, even ripening through to mid-April. Yields were moderate, berries small to mid-sized, and fruit quality remarkably consistent across all regions. For the Adelaide Zone, this meant clean, evenly developed fruit with concentration, purity, and freshness at lower alcohol levels than 2019 and 2020. The result is wines that show poise and structure, highlighting the finesse and balance of the zone in this exceptional year.

Vinification

WINEMAKING | The small parcel from this unique single block was crushed and de-stemmed into a stainless steel fermenter. The time spent on skins was 10 days. All free run and pressings were combined. Then moved to barrel, where malolactic fermentation occurred. The wine was bottled with minimum fining and no filtration.

MATURATION | 18 months in a mix of new and 2-3 year old French oak hogheads and puncheons. Bottled in November the following vintage.