Willoughby Bridge Heathcote Shiraz 2018 - New Release
Willoughby Bridge Heathcote Shiraz 2018 - New Release
The 2018 Heathcote Shiraz is a deep garnet red with purple tinges, an indication of the impressive concentration of aromas and flavours to come. The spicy bouquet is redolent with dark berries, bay leaf, cherries and tar. The palate is a perfect balance of soft, savoury notes, fine long tannins and a firm finish. It does not have excessive ripeness, extraction or oak.
The Winemaking
After handpicking, the separate fruit parcels were given a short
pre-fermentation cold soak before being crushed and open fermented at warm temperatures. The wine was hand-plunged twice daily during its six-day ferment to extract the desired levels of colour and flavour. After ferment the individual wines were pressed of into new and secondary oak casks. Blended and bottled in February 2020.
The Vineyard
The fruit for this wine was grown at our Willoughby Bridge Vineyard in the north of the Heathcote Wine Region. Willoughby Bridge Vineyard is planted on the revered, rich, red Cambrian soil, one of the oldest soil types in Australia and renowned for the production of intensely flavoured Shiraz. After a mild growing season, a warm summer gave us low yields of concentrated flavours