Heirloom Vineyards A'lambra Barossa Shiraz 2023 x 6

Name: Heirloom Vineyards A'lambra Barossa Shiraz 2023 x 6
Brand: S.Smith
SKU: NEG141
Price: 330.00 AUD
Availability: InStock

Heirloom-Vineyards

$330.00 AUD

Price Per Bottle $55.00

'Fresh supple palate with attractive black cherry...'

94 Points

Deep colour, Flinty, smoked meat, dark berry aromas. Fresh supple palate with attractive black cherry, charcuterie flavours, fine loose-knit graphite tannins and some roasted walnut, hint marzipan notes. Bittersweet gravelly/minerally finish.

The Vintage Journal, 29 Apr 2024

2022 A’LAMBRA BAROSSA VALLEY SHIRAZ
Heirloom Vineyards was conceived in vintage 2000, when a young winemaking
student caught the eye of a silly old wine judge. A love story ensued inspired
by two vows: To preserve the best of tradition, the old world of wine and
our unique old vineyards and to champion the best clones of each variety
planted in the most appropriate sites embracing the principals of organic
and biodynamic farming. Seven long vintages of trial and error passed before
Heirloom Vineyards could make a wine that was fine enough to pass on to
future generations. That is this wine.
This Heirloom Vineyards Shiraz was produced from our best Barossa Valley
Vineyard whose clones and viticulture embody the very best in cutting edge
but old school viticulture and winemaking. Hand tended vines, sorted bunch
by bunch, naturally open fermented, basket-pressed and stored in well
seasoned both American and French oak barrels from bespoke coopers.
OUR WINE NOTES
Shiraz can be a simple sip or a symphony of the senses, a moment of
pleasure or an eternity of contemplation. Only the poet can know, so stop
thinking and surrender.
COLOUR
Dark - dark - violet and black-purple. Impenetrable.
AROMA
Dark liqueur chocolates and that distinctive Barossan shiraz black and pink
peppercorn. A neat, dovetailed mix of winemaking bouquet (cinnamon, musk,
sandalwood and cigar box) and vineyard aromatics (shiraz’s aniseed, fennel,
tar, roses, plums and prunes). Melodious, complimentary, and perfectly
wedded.
PALATE
A textural red wine with an underlying velvet fruit plushness. There’s restraint,
however. Whilst mouth-coating it is also refreshing, pert, alive and attuned.
Lively and giving rather than a monster in a bottle. This is a savoury and long
shiraz that sings. Bright and yet dense black fruit flavours remain to the
forefront. A world away from the heavy and dead Barossan shiraz fruit dirges
of the past. Evolution.
OVERALL
This powerful and yet graceful and balanced red wine is - like all the highest
quality wines - best suited to the simplest,most seasonal and authentic
foodstuffs. A good butcher’s best sausage with some mashed potato and
sauerkraut? Great wine and authentic food - it is not rocket scientology.
Alcohol 14.5% (8.6 Standard Drinks)
WINEMAKERS Elena Brooks & Alexandra Haselich