Welland Valley and Valley Barossa Shiraz 2019 (Australia)

Description

• American oak
• Red & blue fruits
• Spiced mocha
• Rich palate

"Gorgeously ripe and instantly appealing, showing blackberry, vanillin oak, toasted spice and subtle cocoa aromas on the nose. The palate delivers excellent concentration and rounded texture, finishing long and velvety. Delectable and highly enjoyable" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Feb 2021

This Shiraz offers rich, concentrated red and blue fruits, dark chocolate and mocha notes with hints of spice and cedary oak. The palate is rich with good structure and great length of flavour.

The Valley & Valley range of wines are produced from vineyards in both the Barossa and Eden Valleys. They aim for a style that typifies the Barossa – plush fruit, subtle use of oak and soft, round tannins.

In South Australia’s Barossa Valley, in the township of Nuriootpa is where you’ll find the Welland vineyard. Planted in 1923 by one of the Barossa’s founding families, Welland is the last remaining section of much larger plantings of vines and fruit orchards that once occupied the northern end of the township. Over the years much of the original vineyard and orchard had been cleared, subdivided and built upon. But when the last remaining hectares of this historic old Nuriootpa vineyard were listed for sale as a development site, a group of friends banded together to purchase it and breathe life back into this important part of Barossa history.

Picked, crushed and de-stemmed into a fermenter for seven days, the ferment is pumped over twice daily to maximise colour and flavour extraction from the fruit. Filled to American oak for up to 12 months.