2022 Treadlie Shiraz
2022 Treadlie Shiraz
Our sixth version of this wine. As always we are chasing a fresh fruit-driven easy drinking style. Shiraz in it’s youth can have quite an “edgy” tannin structure, so we kept the skin contact time to just 5 days during fermentation. The addition of Bastardo gives this unique blend lift and pop, but also helps to soften the finish too.
TASTES LIKE Sweet plum and black fruits. A touch of roasted nuts and graphite.
DRINK WITH Smoked Brisket or Pasta with portobello mushroom sauce
Vegan friendly
VINTAGE SUMMARY The regions milder summer and warm autumn resulted in a gentle and slow ripening period, producing outstanding fruit. We didn’t have one day above 40C and only a handful above 35C. Fantastic conditions for ripening all wine-grape varieties, less so for a knock-off swim and cleansing ale at Port Willunga beach. Yields were generally lower compared to 2021 but flavour intensity is exceptional with amazing levels of natural acidity for both red and white wines. La Nina influenced vintage in much of eastern states, but McLaren ale had its mildest weather conditions in recent memory.
WINEMAKING: Fruit was hand harvested, wild fermented with no added acid, enzymes or fining agents. Gentle maceration, cool fermentation temperature and minimal skin contact time has ensured we have retained freshness and varietal flavour and texture. No oak was used with this blend.
Bottled July 2022
WINEMAKER : Andy Coppard
VITICULTURALIST: Matt Hatwell VINEYARD: Hatwell Family Foggo Road Vineyard
Campbell Mattinson Wine Front: We get both freshness and flavour here, all within a 12.6% alcohol package. Boysenberry, black cherry and iodine characters comes laced with raw (low level) cedar, sweet spice and earth. It all chugs along nicely, a kind of grainy, grippy aspect giving your palate something to hold onto. Nice one. 90 Points.