HEAD Wines Old Vine Shiraz 2025

I am privileged to work with small parcels of fruit from old, dry-grown, hand- pruned and picked vineyards from across the many family growers of the Barossa. We were utterly spoilt for choice in 2025 with many blocks across the Barossa & Eden Valley making a strong statement for inclusion in the ‘Old Vine’ Shiraz. At Ebenezer (Planted 1950s) we used the Riebke’s Schrapel Block as the base, then Mengler’s Hill Block 8b & 12 (Planted 1960s), Mattschoss Trial Hill (Planted 1940s) and finally a touch of Cabernet Sauvignon from Ebenezer (Planted 1950). Old Vine is not an exercise in ripeness and we hope the gentler extraction techniques we use help to convey an approachability & elegance to our offering. Combine this with only 10% new French oak barriques over 11 months and the wonderful richness and sweetness of ‘Old Vine’ fruit remains in focus. The warmer 2025 season brings an extra layer of richness and texture and is our finest to date – it will blossom with short cellaring and when approached by heartier protein dishes. Bottled unfined & lightly filtered under Stelvin capsule.