2024 Whistler Divergent S.M.G

A beautiful Barossan blend of Shiraz, Mataro and Grenache. Perfect to bring along to a BBQ.

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Description

This is the ultimate Sunday afternoon red - totally unpretentious and built for easy drinking. The Divergent blend is a bit of a moving target, shifting each year to suit the vintage, but the philosophy is always the same: capture the vibe of the Barossa in a lighter frame built for early enjoyment.

For 2024, it’s a mix of 60% Shiraz, 21% Mataro, and 19% Grenache, with the majority of the fruit pulled from Whistler’s own organic and biodynamic estate. Winemaker Michael Corbett keeps the handling gentle - destemming the fruit in the vineyard for whole-berry ferments and using older French oak for about 10 months. It’s all about soft extraction and preserving that primary fruit energy.

The finished red is juicy, earthy and dangerously drinkable. You get the blue fruits and depth from the Shiraz, a bright red-berry kick from the Grenache, and grounding, savoury earthiness from the Mataro. It’s got a bit of a meaty undertone that screams out for a BBQ or a pizza, but it’s light enough to take a chill if the weather’s warm. Great value, honest Barossa wine.

Story Behind The Label

The butterfly is a symbol for transformation and this blend certainly changes year-to-year. Like an artist, our winemaker classifies our fruit each vintage designating each parcel to its best home. The triad represents the varietals, Shiraz, Mataro and Grenache that work together to produce a wonderfully balanced wine.

The Fruit

This wine is made up of 60% Shiraz, 21 % Mataro and 19% Grenache, mostly grown here on our vineyards surrounding our Whistler Cellar Door. The remaining fruit is from 3 local Barossa growers. We have been running our vineyard using organic practices since August 2013, and biodynamic practices since July 2017.

Winemaking

The Shiraz, Mataro and Grenache were all harvested separately, when each variety was at optimum ripeness. All three varieties were destemmed in the vineyard, and whole berry, natural fermentation was allowed to commence. Fermentation took place in open fermenters and were then gently pumped over, twice daily, to achieve gentle extraction of colour. Once each variety reached dryness, they were pressed and put to French oak for 10 months. Each variety was kept separate until it was blended just prior to bottling. No fining agents were used, so this wine is Vegan friendly.

The Wine

This wine is designed to be an easy drinking red wine that over delivers for the price. The Shiraz component gives the wine a nice blue fruit character and good depth of flavour, the Grenache shows plenty of juicy red fruits and the Mataro gives the wine structure and an earthy character. This is the perfect BBQ wine, and works extremely well chilled in warmer weather.

Grapegrower: Sam Pfeiffer

Winemaker: Michael J. Corbett

Price Bracket $30 or Less
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Shiraz
Variety Style ["Shiraz Blends"]
Country Australia
Region Barossa Valley
Australian State SA
Feature Vegan
Organic
Biodynamic
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
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