Aroma
Dark chocolate, berries, raspberry, hints of eucalypt,
sage, black pepper, clove, violet, vanilla and liquorice.
Maturation
Aged for 18 months in French oak hogsheads,
with 15% new and the remainder in older oak 1-5 years old.
Appearance
Bright crimson with a black core.
Palate
The fruit gracefully unfolds on the palate, revealing the
Barossa Valley’s signature textural brilliance as it transitions from
robust, pure flavors to a long, velvety finish. This young wine
displays remarkable poise, with clean and pristine aromatics.
The texture gradually reveals itself, culminating in a late palate
that showcases wonderfully soft tannins that linger like a gentle
whisper. There’s so much to appreciate here—this is Barossa
Valley purity at its finest: precise, persistent, and well-defined.
Vinification
Fermented in five to ten tonne open top fermenters, with regular
pump overs (twice daily over entire ferment) to control ferment,
extract colour, flavour and tannins.
Average time ‘on skins’ was 10 days before the fermented juice
was drained to tank and the pressings combined. The wine was
then racked to barrel, where malolactic fermentation took place.
Bella’s Garden was bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Cellaring Potential
This 2022 vintage promises longevity, while it can be enjoyed
now, its true potential will unfold with time in a cool cellar.
Range Notes
Fascinated about isolating a wine to
its region and wanting to define and
showcase the individual characteristics
of the best Australian Shiraz growing
regions, Two Hands have successfully
demonstrated regionality within
Australian Shiraz for many years with
the Garden Series. Showcasing six wines,
each sourced from a premium Shiraz
growing region in Australia, all handled
identically in terms of vinification and
maturation on the Two Hands’ estate
winery in Marananga, the Garden Series
accurately reflects the soil, climate and
other aspects of each unique region.
Region Notes
Bella’s Garden is a blend of our finest Shiraz barrels from across
the region. The Barossa Valley is one of Australia’s oldest
wine regions, with existing plantings of Shiraz, Grenache and
Mourvèdre vines that are over 130 years old. Two Hands has
produced this wine since the first vintage in 2000 and it has
become a favourite among many of our followers and Shiraz
lovers everywhere. In 2012 Two Hands was named in the Wine
Spectator’s annual Top 100 for the 10th consecutive year, with
Bella’s Garden awarded 3rd out of 100.
