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2018 Yangarra King’s Wood Shiraz
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2018 Yangarra King’s Wood Shiraz

Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale, SA

A great vintage of this premium Shiraz from the excellent Yangarra Estate. Highly rated and a great option for lovers of top-shelf McLaren Vale Shiraz.

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Categories: $50 - $100, All, Australia, High Scorers, McLaren Vale, Organic Wines, Red, SA, Shiraz, Top Scorers
About
The fruit shines here – it’s the hero and it’s obvious.

Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

About The Wine

The King's Wood Shiraz is one of the premium, small batch releases in the excellent Yangarra portfolio.

One of the best portions of the Yangarra vineyard was selected for this wine. There were 25% whole bunches used in the ferment, the fruit hand-picked and carefully double-sorted for quality control before being hand-plunged and left to rest in a huge oak cask before bottling. Oak is well and truly in the background here. Winemaker Peter Fraser and team highlighting the quality and vibrancy of their fruit as the hero in this wine.

This is a pristine example of McLaren Vale Shiraz at its absolute best. Poised, polished and powerful, it's a beautiful wine with a long life ahead.

About Yangarra

Yangarra Estate is one of a small group of powerhouse wineries to raise its head from the sandy soils of Blewitt Springs in McLaren Vale. Their wines are made entirely from an amazing old bush vine single vineyard, with the 2016 Halliday Winemaker of the Year, Peter Fraser, pulling the reins as winemaker. They are a certified biodynamic wine producer, and have even been named International Winery of the Year, twice!

They specialise in varieties found in the Rhone Valley. In the reds, their Grenache is as good as any in the land and is truly world class, with Shiraz and Mourvedre not far behind. The same applies to whites, the Roussanne expressions from Fraser’s experimentation with ceramic eggs are some of the most interesting in the country. In time, each of the 13 Rhone varieties will be grown on the Yangarra block.

A premium benchmark for the Blewitt Springs sub-region, and one of the country's modern day icon producers.

Winemaker Peter Fraser
Winemaker Peter Fraser
McLaren Vale, SA
Additional Info

From The Producer

We have produced the “Whole Bunch” Shiraz since 2009. The use of whole bunches has become part of all our Shiraz winemaking, and we felt this wine had the opportunity to further evolve. We had started introducing large format foudre in 2017, and a single block of Shiraz (block 12) started to show its head with a particular style that was very much suited to whole bunch and large format oak. The Whole Bunch label has evolved to become the King’s Wood.

WINEMAKING: The fruit was hand-picked, 25% whole bunches and the remainder has been mechanical berry sorted. Exclusively matured in 25hl French oak Foudre for 15 months. No pressings were used. Not fined. Certified organic/biodynamic.

Blend : Shiraz (100%)
ABV : 14.50%
Closure : Screw cap
Drink Until : 2035
Bottle Size : 750ml

Beautiful old Grenache bush vines growing in the sand
Beautiful old Grenache bush vines growing in the sand
Yangarra Estate in Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale, SA
Expert Reviews

Critic Reviews

95Points
The Wine Front

"Slippery, sleek and succulent shiraz of bouncy boysenberry fruit character, an undercurrent of sweet spice, some floral notes, very fine tannins and brisk acidity to cool it all down and finish it fresh. Very even, very medium weight, very flavoursome, indeed, quite remarkable intensity with all that freshness on hand. The fruit shines here – it’s the hero and it’s obvious. It makes you think about how grapes can achieve such multi-dimensional flavour, and that, there, is the art and delight of great wine for me." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

96Points
The Real Review

“Deep red/purple, glass-staining, with a shy but deep bouquet, which is latent and full of promise. Underlying spices, a core of sweet ripe cherry fruit, the tannins soft and full on the finish, adding structure and length. Spices and graphite. A superb wine with a big future. Needs time for the full payoff.” – Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

Customer Reviews
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