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2019 Vinden Headcase Single Barrel Shiraz #1 Northern Slope

2019 Vinden Headcase Single Barrel Shiraz #1 Northern Slope

Hunter Valley, NSW

Angus Vinden's excellent single-barrel Shiraz from the 1968 plantings on the Sommerset vineyard.

$60.00

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Categories: $50 - $100, All, Australia, Hunter Valley, New Arrivals, NSW, Physically In Stock, Red, Rising Stars, Shiraz
About

About The Wine

The 2019 vintage will go down as one of the great Hunter Valley vintages of the last few decades.

Young Angus Vinden took full advantage of the awesome conditions and put down what is probably his best suite of Shiraz releases to date.

Angus has produced a set of three single block Shiraz from the Sommerset vineyard to highlight the particular character of different aspects of his flagship site. One barrel of each was made.

The Northern block was planted back in 1968 on red-orange volcanic clay soils, over weathered limestone in Pokolbin. It's going to live for a long time. A classic in the making.

About Vinden Estate

Young Angus Vinden is the owner/winemaker of this much-loved Hunter Valley winery.

Having taken the reins from his father just a few years ago, Gus is reimagining his family's wine label with a string of exciting, modern wines coming out of his cellar.

He sources fruit from some of the Hunter's greatest vineyards, focusing on Semillon and Shiraz primarily as well as turning out a very good Tempranillo.

He's one of the young guns of the Hunter Valley that should have a close eye kept on him. His wines are on the up!

Winemaker Angus Vinden
Winemaker Angus Vinden
Hunter Valley, NSW
Additional Info

From The Producer

This wine was one of 2 barrels selected from the Howard family Somerset Vineyard where I once worked; I know this vineyard almost as well as my own. Each vintage I separated the three aspects of the vineyard; Easterly, Northerly and Westerly to explore the ‘Terroir’. Each block was picked, fermented and vinified separately.

The Northern Slope was planted in 1968 on red-orange volcanic clay soils, over weathered limestone in Pokolbin. The fruit was cold soaked, fermented in open concrete fermenters with wild yeast, hand plunged, basket pressed and aged in French oak for 14 months. Unfined, unfiltered and gravity fed to bottle; drink any time over the next 10+ years.

Blend : Shiraz (100%)
ABV : 13.90%
Closure : Cork
Drink Until : 2030
Bottle Size : 750ml

Expert Reviews

Critic Reviews

91Points
The Wine Front

"Boysenberry, hazelnut, blue fruits, blue metal, a little spice, a slight rosy thing happening. Medium-bodied, nutty, sweet red and blue fruits, soft almost slippery texture, umami almost wakame thing happening on the finish, though the acidity does tingle a little as it goes at now, it came together pretty nicely over 24 hours." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

Customer Reviews
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