2013 Syrah

Every year at Clonakilla we fill a single fermenter with pure Shiraz from our North-East facing T & L vineyard. The winemaking is kept as simple as possible. Whole berries are fermented warm by their own native yeasts. The wine spends a month macerating on skins and fifteen months maturing in fine-grained French oak. 2013 is one of the great vintages. The days were beautifully warm and the nights cool. These were the right conditions for the grapes to develop great colour, dramatic aromas and fine, persistent texture and flavour. This is as good a Murrumbateman Shiraz as we have ever made. It comes from the top section of T&L Block One, picked on the 25th of March.