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Mount Horrocks - Clare Valley Shiraz 2021

Mount Horrocks - Clare Valley Shiraz 2021

European approach.... Clare Valley in Style.

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Type:Red Wine

Varietal:Shiraz

Unit Size:750ml

Alcohol Volume:13%

Region:Clare Valley

Country:Australia

Tasting Notes

Mount Horrocks Alexander Vineyard Shiraz offers bountiful, juicy dark fruits intertwined with plush oak and subtle hints of tobacco leaf. Full-bodied and intensely flavourful, yet never heavy, the dark red and black fruit is framed by earthy tannins and balanced acidity, creating a beautifully rounded wine that can be enjoyed now or cellared for over a decade. A captivating Shiraz, this is a wine that is difficult to resist.

Technical Info

Brand:Mount Horrocks

Closure:Screwcap

Organic Certification:ACO 11973

Country of Origin:Australia

Serving Temperature:18-20°C

Bottle Produced:3780

Drink By:2035

Wine Ageing:18 months in French oak barriques.

Winemaking Style:Progressive

Harvest:Hand-harvested

Winemaking:One quarter of the hand-picked fruit is whole-bunch foot crushed to give more perfume, while the remainder is crushed and fermented for more palate weight.

Viticulture:Strikingly beautiful and isolated, the Alexander Vineyard is located at the extreme North-eastern corner of the Watervale sub-region of the Clare Valley. Planted in 2002 at an altitude of 475 metres, it is exclusively the source of shiraz grapes for the Alexander Vineyard Shiraz.

Food Pairing:grilled or roasted red meats, pork chops, beef with pepper sauce, or Mediterranean stews

Reviews and Accolades

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

94

Halliday Wine Companion

Mike Bennie

The Alexander vineyard is organically grown and biodynamic certified. Lush and rich with very dark berry fruitiness the mainstay with a support act of tobacco, clove and cinnamon in a brown spice melange and a flicker of choc-mint in the mix. Scents are more fruit-driven, the palate showing the glue of fine but prominent woody oak with spice as the overarching theme. That being said, it has pleasure in impressive concentration, the palate-staining intensity a feat. It delivers on the promise.

95

The Real Review

Huon Hooke

Deep-ish, bright red-purple hue with a bright cherry and spice aroma, the palate elegantly cast with refined tannins and great style. Indeed, unusual levels of both spice and elegance for shiraz from this region. Intense and focused, spritely and lingering, with a firm finish that presages good cellaring prospects.

Taste Profile

Light

Full Body

Dry

Sweet

Fruity

Savoury

Tannins (Bitterness)

Acidity

Mount Horrocks

Mount Horrocks Wines limits production to approximately 2,500 cases per annum to achieve the highest quality single vineyard wines. Only estate grown grapes are used and are hand-picked and gently handled to ensure the varietal and site-specific flavours in the resultant wine, as well as its organic status, are retained ‘A certified’ by Australian Certified Organic and Biodynamic (ACO). As no finings have been found necessary the wines are all suitable for vegans and vegetarians.

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