Back Block Shiraz

Orignally developed to help local growers with excess fruit over 10 years ago, Back Block has developed into a "reserve" style wine.  Sourced from the very best local vineyards and often blended with a percentage of Mount Avoca Estate wine, it shows the benefits of multi-vineyard complexity.  A robust full bodied Shiraz in a traditional Australian style with loads of colour and flavour and firm juicy tannins, it is a classic big-hitting Shiraz in a velvet glove.

COLOUR
Dark red, intense opaque with a bright lustre.

NOSE
Aromas of blackberry jam, just picked black currants and Doris plum, with a subtle roasted coffee and a cracked black pepper overlay.

PALATE
Fresh, full bodied flavours of blackberry, sweet vanilla cherry, cocoa and toasted hazelnut wrapping around the fine supple tannins from small barrel aging. Plush and rich with lovely intensity balanced by a long clean finish with undertones of raspberry coulis, freshly ground black pepper and toasty oak.

WINEMAKING
Harvested in the morning, the grapes were picked at optimal ripeness, crushed into stainless steel fermenters for MLF fermentation. The wine was matured with French and American Oak for 18 months. It was fined and filtered before being bottled.

FOOD PAIRING
Rich vegetable soup or minestrone or gnocchi followed by roast lamb with seasonal vegetables, beef Bourguignon or Osso Buco, served with polenta, wood-fired sweet potatoes or any grilled or roasted vegetables.

AWARDS & REVIEWS
Wine Showcase: 95 points, Wine Orbit: 94 points.

Made specifically for a client of considerable means who had a change of fortune, we have been selling this big juicy Shiraz over the years to a small number of corporate clients.  As it is under Procork - a special cork that reduces cork taint and improves aging, it is at its peak. 

Usually over $70/bottle, you can buy 6 bottles for less than the price of two! Limited time only.

COLOUR: Inky dark red with ruby highlights.

NOSE: New leather and ground coffee underpin the ripe plum, dark fruit and sweet toasty black pepper aromas.

PALATE:  Abundant ripe blueberry, plum and strawberries flavours with subtle vanilla bean and spicy oak lead to a full-flavoured palate supported by soft powdery tannins and a silky, smooth finish.

WINEMAKING: Sourced from 45-year-old vines grown organically on the central-eastern slopes of the estate. Small open ferments were hand plunged and wild yeasts were encouraged. Post-fermentation the wines were transferred to a  selection of one and two-year-old French oak Hogsheads with a few from Hungarian barrels to add spice and nutmeg notes. After 18 months in oak, the wines were racked for fining and blending prior to bottling in November 2016.  Under Procork