2002Tyrrell’sRufusStoneHeathcoteShiraz

Sans The 2002 Tyrrell’s Rufus Stone Heathcote Shiraz offers a great window into understanding the terroir of the Heathcote District.The first release of this wine was the 1997 vintage â€?at this stage, the vineyard was young, yet managed in a way that produced a wine of outstanding quality.The formula for the early success was in part the terroir, the vineyard being planted on the North East slopes of Mount Camel, on that remarkable 500 million year old Cambrian earth.First crops often give the viticulturist an excellent idea of how a vineyard will develop, however, inevitably the yields are tiny, resulting in quite concentrated wine with a good palate structure (in spite of the vineyard’s youth).