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Wirra Wirra Woodhenge Shiraz

TASTING NOTE
Dense ruby and crimson. This is a rich nose with distinct red-berry fruits and plums alongside sweet vanilla, nutmeg, and baked short pastry. There’s also dark chocolate ganache, dried thyme, and tilled earth. In the palate, close-knit fine tannins combine with fruit sweetness to give a super-plush mouthfeel. Emerging characters of raspberry jam, satsuma plum, star anise, and milk chocolate flesh out the detail, with mocha, char, and graphite to finish, There’s depth and concentration in this classic Mclaren Vale style, and the palate remains fresh and supple to the finish.

Service Temperature: 16 – 18°C

Decanting: Recommended for at least 1 – 2 hours.

Food Pairing:
Pairs well with braised pork belly with Chinese five spice, or roasted mushroom with balsamic vinegar, garlic, and herbs.

Awards:
Double Gold – New Zealand International Wine Show 2022

RED WINE

ABV: 14.5% VOL.
Grape: Shiraz
Country: Australia
Aging: Approximately French and American oak barriques and hogsheads. New oak accounted for 35% of the final blend.
Seal: Screw Top

Upon entry to Wirra Wirra, every visitor passes Woodhenge, a 10-tonne post and rail fence made from raw, ancient redgum trunks. Built by hand, it is reminiscent of a fence from an early settler’s bush cottage, that is, if the cottage was inhabited by giants. Woodhenge endures as a monument to the late re-builder of Wirra Wirra, Greg Trott, his grandiose ideas and unique vision.

Woodhenge Shiraz is blended from older McLaren Vale vineyards that have the intensity and structure to provide the rich, bold style that is the signature of this wine. It was matured in a combination of French and American oak barriques and hogsheads (40% new) for 18 months. The 2021 Woodhenge Shiraz can be cellared for up to 20 years.

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