The Hero Preservative Free Shiraz 2025 (Australia)

Description

Blueberry, Floral, Spice

"This is fruit-forward and inviting on the nose, showing aromas of dark plum, blueberry, rich floral, and subtle spice. It's beautifully ripe and rounded in the mouth, with a supple texture backed by polished tannins, finishing with flavoursome and silky notes. At its best: now to 2028" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Jul 2025

Red fruit aromatics and a palate that’s alive with fruit purity, showing a good intensity and balanced by cleansing acids.

The Hero wines are hand-crafted from the best quality fruit sourced from premium vineyards across South Australia, including McLaren Vale and the Barossa. With meticulous handling in the vineyard and winery, the pristine fruit will have less exposure to anything harmful that may normally require the addition of preservatives. Our wines are crafted to be brightly coloured, exotically fragrant, full-flavoured and critically, they sing without the addition of preservatives. Perfectly suited to many cuisines, these wines are also crafted to ensure they are suitable for Vegans.

The 2025 vintage was marked by an early and compressed harvest driven by hot, dry conditions. While yields were generally lower due to weather extremes, the quality of fruit was exceptionally high, with concentrated flavours and vibrant natural acidity that delivered high quality wines with strong varietal definition.

Healthy and problem free fruit is selected in the vineyard and then picked in the cool of the night and then rushed to the nearby winery for a fast and focused vinification. Fermentation is cool in a closed static fermenter before a short maturation on lees and bottling.

Food Pairing: Pair with medium rare steaks and crispy potatoes.