KindredSpirits,BarossaShiraz

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Kindred Spirits displays the distinctive style of Barossa old-vine Shiraz. The ancient soils and gnarled vines produce small crops of intensely flavoured grapes.

The fruit is partially hand-harvested before de-stemming and cool fermentation in small two tonne open fermenters with regular hand plunging. Matured in seasoned French oak (20% new French) for six months before bottling with minimal filtration and addition of sulphur.

For the 2023 vintage, spring was cooler and with more rain than usual. Summer likewise was cool yet with enough sunny days to enable beautiful albeit slower ripening. This made for a later harvest than prior years, but the resultant fruit quality was very, very good.

Deep intense purple colour with a lighter nose of berry fruits, plums and a little spice. Sweet, ripe fruit on the palate with a creamy vanilla edge. A very balanced finish with soft tannins.

Perfect with roast lamb and a rich, creamy potato gratin.