Silver Medal
90 Points
Heathcote Estate Block F Shiraz 2019
Heathcote,
Australia
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About this Wine
country
Australia
region
Heathcote
variety
Shiraz/Syrah
Style
Red (Full Bodied)
vintage
2019
closure
Screwcap
Alcohol vol.
13
volume
750
Brands
Heathcote Estate
Tasting Notes
Aroma
Lifted perfume with layers of red and black fruits. Pristine and poised with floral notes, tar, gun flint and exceptional concentration and purity.
Maturation
12 months, 100% French, 20% new.
Palate
The palate is seamless and fine, loaded with fruit texture and tightly packed savoury tannins.
Vinification
Our five individual blocks and their various sections where handled separately in the winery and vintage 2016 created 11 unique batches of wine. The grapes were fermented in a combination of traditional open and closed fermenters after gentle destemming, with some batches receiving whole bunches. The wines were then pressed and transferred into French Oak barrels for malolactic fermentation majority 300L hogsheads, some 500L puncheons and some parcels aged in traditional 6250L cuves. Racked twice during maturation, bottled February 2017.
Vintage Notes
The 2016 vintage was exceptional in Heathcote, with all the makings of our finest yet. One of our coldest winters in recent memory was followed by a warm and dry spring, with perfect, even set and growth. The warm, dry and consistent conditions prevailed throughout summer, resulting in highly concentrated small berries.
Reviews
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James Halliday's Top 100 Wines of 2021
The critical decision by winemaker Tom Carson was to pick early from the low-yielding, warm north-west facing block. The result is a long, medium-bodied wine that has hallmark Heathcote richness of supple dark fruits married with the vibrant freshness ex the 13% alcohol. Points: 97/100
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James Halliday
Hand picked, made in 2 batches. The 1st batch (40% of blend) was fermented in stainless-steel open fermenters with 100% whole bunches, the 2nd (60%) fermented in French oak cuves with 20% whole bunches. Pressed and transferred into 500L French oak puncheons for mlf. Block F brings potency and a deeper concentration of flavour than the standard release. Heathcote’s beauty is amplified; its florals, luscious plums and dark berries so fragrant. Well structured with taut tannins, judicious oak on show and plenty of time to kill. This will age very well. Jeni Port Points: 95/100
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Campbell Mattinson
The flavour and the tannin here are both convincing but I’m not sure that the acidity is; every time I looked at this wine the acidity seemed to dangle. Everything else is in high working order. Plum, anise and dried herb flavours are swept up in swish, cedarwood oak, and the wine’s charcuterie-like notes are woven intricately and well. The same too can be said of the tannin; it feels so fine-grained that if you dipped a needle in I suspect that it would play music. If the acidity settles and integrates then we’ll have a beautiful wine on our hands. Points: 91/100
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