"This is a gorgeous opulent shiraz filled with dark fruit and warm spice" Wine Orbit
Intense, balanced and shows great length
Match with roast lamb and slow-cooked game meats
Thorn- Clarke Shotfire Shiraz 2016 (Australia)
Thorn- Clarke Shotfire Shiraz 2016 (Australia)
Accolades
Awarded 94/100 Points
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Feb 2017
Awarded 4 Stars
Cuisine magazine, Australian Shiraz Tasting, Issue #189, June 2018
Description
"This is a gorgeous opulent shiraz filled with dark fruit and warm spice flavours with hints of chocolate, cedar and vanilla. It is fleshy and sumptuous on the palate, and offers succulent fruit intensity together with fleshy mouthfeel, wonderfully framed by silky tannins. At its best: now to 2024" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Feb 2017
Deep red with purple tints in the glass and a rich and concentrated bouquet of dark fruits, with charry oak and mocha notes. The palate shows dense plum and mulberry with dark chocolate and savoury oak tannins. The wine is intense, balanced and shows great length on the palate
When the Clarke forbears discovered gold in 1870 at the Lady Alice mine in the Barossa goldfields, so began a family dynasty intrigued by geology. A fine legacy that is reflected today in the terroir of our vineyards. The Shotfire range immortilises the Shotfirer’s hazardous job of setting and lighting the charges in the mines.
A warm dry spring led to into similarly dry conditions in December and January. The warm weather brought harvest on in the first week of February. A couple of good rain events led to milder conditions and a long even ripening period and excellent flavour development. The wine from 2016 show typical Barossa warmth and generosity and should age well.
The grapes were de-stemmed into fermenters. Ferments were pumped over twice daily to maximise colour, tannin and flavour extraction. Cooling is used to ensure ferments remain in the 22-25 degree celcius range which allows maximum fruit expression in the wine. The wine is filled to American oak to mature (14 months in 40% new American hogsheads with the balance going into 2nd and 3rd fill barrels).
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