2022 Samantha's Garden Shiraz

COLOUR | Deep concentrated purple to black hues.

AROMA | Aromas present with blue fruits, black olives, vanilla spice, dark cherries, warm bark, loganberry, cedar, backed by cracked pepper and slate.

PALATE | The fruit elegantly presents gracefully to the palate, showcasing a poised and sophisticated style of Shiraz. Clare Valley’s hallmark traits of softness and smoothness are beautifully represented here. Samantha’s Garden exudes a
gentle, caressing quality, with layers of fine, silky tannins and rich flavours of black fruits, spice, and tobacco. As the palate unfolds, the juicy fruits give way to a drier finish, culminating in a puckering dry spice finish. There’s much to admire—the
evenness of flavours and the subtle restraint present in every element. Clare Valley’s red wines exhibit a unique inner energy that demonstrates how exceptional Shiraz from a cool, elevated region can maintain both restraint and elegance. They never feel overblown or laborious on the palate. Seamlessness perfectly describes the experience, and our 2022 Samantha’s embodies this quality in abundance.

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.

WINEMAKING | Crushed and fermented in a five tonne open top fermenter with regular pump overs (twice daily) to control fermentation, extract
colour, flavour and tannins.

Average time ‘on skins’ was 10 days before the fermented juice was drained to tank and the pressings combined. The wine was then racked to barrel, where malolactic fermentation took place.
Samantha’s Garden was bottled unfined and unfiltered.

MATURATION | Aged for 16 months in 2-4 year old French oak hogsheads, with up to 20% new French oak.

CLOSURE | Diam Cork
VOLUME | 750ml
VARIETAL | Shiraz
ALCOHOL (% vol.) | 14.2%
REGION | Clare Valley
SUB-REGION | Armagh, White Hut
VINE AGE | 23-28 YEARS
ALTITUDE | 400m
AVERAGE RAINFALL 480-550mm
SOIL | Grey, silty loam with sandstone,
sandy loam on clay with slate/red-brown
earth over limestone.