The first comment we inevitably get when we have visitors in the cellar and we get to the Shiraz Barrels is:
“Wow Rob, how’s the size of that beauty?”
Nikey loves Shiraz and does things a little differently here to truly fine tune the product into something very special.
Indeed, 500 liter barrels are used vs. the 225 liter barrels we use on everything else. We use a mixture of old and new barrels, and as with the Rose, we are using Hungarian wood, albeit with a bit of French thrown in for good measure.
If I told you that we got Christmas Fruitcake from the Hungarian wood, as well as the trademark Shiraz spice, would you believe me? Well that is what happens here. The big barrels contribute less product being in contact with the wood, which means the wine is smoother than a typical Shiraz. Amazingly, the peppers we get are white on this one, vs. the black on the Shiraz Rose.
Picked from the highest block on the farm, it suffers all year to produce only the best fruit, only the best which goes into these giant barrels and gets left there for as long as it takes for it to be perfect. Our Shiraz is gentle, light and produces less tannin than you would expect.
Just a treat, really.
Find all the information on the Shiraz in our wines section with the specific page here.
