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Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard Brooks Road Shiraz 2022
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Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard Brooks Road Shiraz 2022

McLaren Vale, Australia
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About this Wine

 
country Australia
region McLaren Vale
variety Shiraz & Shiraz Blends
Style Red (Full Bodied)
vintage 2022
closure Screwcap
Alcohol vol. 14.0
volume 750
Brands Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard
 

Tasting Notes

Aroma

The 2022 Brooks Road Shiraz shows lifted perfume and fragrance with forward, pure fruit.

Palate

While the palate is full bodied, the tannins are fine and long.

Vinification

Handpicked, 20% whole bunch, 30% destemmed and berry sorted and 50% crushed to open top fermenters. A gentle maceration principle of wetting the cap and only draining and returning when reductive. Approximately 20 days on skins. No pressings used and drained directly to barrel. Kept on lees in 30% new French oak puncheons, with remaining volume in 1-to-2-year old puncheons for 7 months. Racked and blended. Further matured in older French and Austrian oak 25hL foudre for 12 months. Bottled December 2023.

Cellaring Potential

2024-2042.

Vintage Notes

The 2022 growing season followed very similar conditions to 2021, though slightly cooler. There were favourable winter rains and a mild flowering and fruit set period. The cool ripening period took place between late January through to harvest in March. Yields were well balanced, and we were pleased with the fruit ripeness, intensity, freshness, and natural acidity.

Winemakers Comments

Hickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard covers a steep cut of country from the ridgetops above the village of Clarendon to the Onkaparinga River in the gorge below. Since its establishment in 1971, the Hickinbotham Vineyard has become a part of Australia’s wine heritage, supplying fruit to produce many of Australia’s greatest wines. Breathing new life into this historic vineyard, winemakers Chris Carpenter and Peter Fraser are forging a new era of Hickinbotham’s prestigious legacy: building upon and honouring the vineyard’s acclaimed pedigree.
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Reviews

  • Marcus Ellis
    1

    From the original contour planted 1971 vines; 20% whole bunches, 30% destemmed and berry sorted and 50% crushed; matured for seven months in 30% new French puncheons, the rest in one- to two-year-old oak, then racked to older French and Austrian 2500L foudre for 12 months. This is amply generous, with blackberry tart, raspberry compote, tapenade and black plum, but picked at the right time and made with a typically deft touch by Peter Fraser. It’s a wine of intensity, verve and impressive harmony, with an elegant sheen of oak tastefully applied. Points: 96/100

    Halliday Wine Companion ∙ 9th Aug 2024

  • Ned Goodwin
    1

    A classy, polished, consummately detailed, full-bodied shiraz. Not an ounce of flab or extraneous sweetness on its refined structural bones. Anise, blue fruit, grilled meats and mace on the finish. Tension across its classy oak and grape tannins. Drinkable now, but best from 2028.  Points: 95/100

    jamessuckling.com ∙ 2nd Feb 2024

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