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Heirloom Vineyards was conceived in vintage 2000, when a young winemaking student caught the eye of a silly old wine judge. A love story ensued inspired by two vows: To preserve the best of tradition, the old world of wine and our unique old vineyards and to champion the best clones of each variety planted in the most appropriate sites embracing the principals of organic and biodynamic farming. Seven long vintages of trial and error passed before Heirloom Vineyards could make a wine that was fine enough to pass on to future generations. That is this wine.
This Heirloom Vineyards Shiraz was sourced from hand tended vines, sorted bunch by bunch, naturally open fermented, with gentle pumping over to extract colour, flavour and tannin. Aged in some new but mainly 3 and 4 year old American and French oak barrels for 16 months. Freshly shaved white chocolate tossed through ripe halved and de stoned just-picked plums; also some all-spice, dried orange peel, a tincture of rubbed fresh lavender, and a cap full of red vermouth.
Well suited to grilled meats, anything with pepper or spice, or a particularly simple terrine or pate. It is drawn to Peking Duck..
