"Spin the Bottle" Shiraz Viognier

"Spin the Bottle" Shiraz Viognier

2022 Shiraz, Geographe, Western Australia

SIlky smooth, tasty oaked red

$28.00
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Description

Spin the Bottle is an elegant wine bursting with ripe purple fruits, dark chocolate, dried thyme and lifted florals. Smooth and opulent, well rounded with fine tannins subtly integrated charry oak. This wine will age well over the next 5 to 7 years.

About the name: Another childhood favourite game of truth or dare, that quite often ended with doing something you didn’t want to do.

Sourced from the rolling hills of Donnybrook, with co-fermented with 3% Viognier from Margaret River. Picked at optimal ripeness, the shiraz was destemmed and fermented in open vats with wild yeasts. Fermented at high temperature to extract maximum tannin, then left on skins for a further two weeks. A very tricky wine to perfect because the Viognier was well and truly ready by the time the shiraz was ready to pick. Matured in 25% new and seasoned puncheons for 12 months.

Awards

Halliday Wine Companion - Jane Faulkner
Halliday Wine Companion – Jane Faulkner
Dark red and enticing; full of blackberry jam, ripe black plums all doused in baking spices, licorice root with wafts of boot polish, florals, tamarind and pomegranate. The palate is just medium bodied and while there are lots of pomace-like tannins, it’s still fairly tight. There’s also a slight herbal edge – as in eucalyptus and mint – then some charred radicchio bitterness on the finish. It works, and this just needs some hearty fare to enjoy it more.
November 2024

Details

  • RegionGeographe, Western Australia
  • Vintage2022
  • TypeRed Wine
  • VarietyShiraz
  • Variety Composition

    97% Shiraz 3% Viognier

  • Vegan Friendly
  • Volume750ml
  • Alcohol Volume11.3%
  • ClosureScrewCap
  • Tasting Notes

    Read the Full Tasting Note Here

  • Peak Drinking / Cellaring Potential

    This wine will age well over the next 5 to 7 years.