2022 Coach House Block Shiraz - Two Hands Wines

2022 Coach House Block Greenock Shiraz

Name: 2022 Coach House Block Greenock Shiraz
Brand: Two Hands Wines
SKU: SVCOA227DOM
Price: 125.0 AUD
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Two Hands Coach House Block Shiraz is the original wine in our Single Vineyard Series, sourced from an estate-grown vineyard near the tiny hamlet of Greenock in the Barossa Valley. Purchased in 2001 and formerly known as the Branson Coach House, this vineyard holds an important place in the Two Hands story.

Across its 18 acres of Barossa Valley Shiraz, one particular block has continually stood apart. Known internally as Highway Block, this special section of the vineyard has consistently shown Single Vineyard quality during our blind tasting barrel trials, earning its place as a dedicated release year after year.

In the glass, Coach House Block Shiraz is a deeply expressive wine, with dark fruit, spice, savoury detail and the richness expected from Greenock Shiraz. Structured, generous and full of character, it reflects both the strength of the site and the careful selection process behind the Two Hands Single Vineyard Series.

Tasting Notes

COLOUR | Dense black with red edges.

AROMA | A very strong bouquet Christmas cake, prunes, raisins, cassis, tobacco, apricot, nutmeg, cinnamon, grandmas blackberry jam. incense, bark and fresh plum.

PALATE | The palate opens with a flowing, sweet core of rich, boisterous fruits that initially seem impenetrable. Flavours of boysenberry and blackberry liqueur unfold, wrapped in a dense, layer of preserved fruits. The massive fruit presence harmonises beautifully with the underlying structure, showcasing the quintessential character of Barossa Valley Shiraz from the Western Ranges. With a bit of air, the wine evolves further, revealing spice notes of dark chocolate, caramel slice, baking spice. This is a wine that will continue to evolve, offering immense enjoyment for many years to come with its great density. Or, drink now!

The Growing Season

After our second La Niña year in a row, the vineyards received an above average winter rainfall, we then progressed into a very mild spring and an equally mild summer with only one day recorded over 40°C. Due to slightly later flowering, the vines were set up to mature at a slower than usual pace, this put the start of vintage back around 3 weeks on average, these mild ripening conditions allowed for slower than usual favour development, this matched with lower yield across the board has resulted in another quality harvest.

Vinification

WINEMAKING | Several small parcels from the Coach House vineyard were picked on the 21st of April. Crushed and de-stemmed into open top fermenters and pressed once dry, with an average time on skins of 10 days. All free run and pressings were combined in tank and then racked off to gross lees into barrel to go through malolatic fermentation. The wine was bottled with minimum fining and no filtration.

MATURATION | 18 months in up to 50% new French oak and 2/3 year old hogsheads. 4 barrels bottled in November the following vintage.

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Scores & Reviews

The Real Review
96 points
Stuart Knox
Published January 2025

"Deep ruby red in the glass. Blackberry, bitumen, black pepper and cocoa aromas. Dense and powerful on the palate, this sings of Barossa with its ripe blue and purple fruits, ironstone and mocha notes. All that intensity is wrapped up with an all-encompassing net of fine gravelly tannins that ensures tension is held and drives it to a vastly long finish. You could drink it now, but it will highly reward you if you can cellar it for an extended period."