2012 SHINGLEBACK DAVEY ESTATE RESERVE SHIRAZ
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2012 SHINGLEBACK DAVEY ESTATE RESERVE SHIRAZ
2012 SHINGLEBACK DAVEY ESTATE RESERVE SHIRAZ THE DAVEY ESTATE VINEYARD TASTING NOTE The Davey Estate Vineyard is located in Whites Valley, at the southern end of the acclaimed McLaren Vale wine region in South Australia. Kym and John Davey planted & nurture their family-owned and sustainably managed estate vineyard on land their grandfather purchased in the 1950’s. Their goal is to produce high-quality, single vineyard wines. Modern viticultural practices that minimise work to the soil & encourage a balanced environment are used. Superior fruit is grown by managing canopies, hand- Wow! Vibrant pigeon-blood ruby in colour. Fresh blackberry aromas are entwined with hints of espresso, roses, spice and dark chocolate. Fullbodied, with a luscious dark berry mid-palate; seamlessly structured with fine but firm tannins and a balanced acidity that ensures a long, lingering pruning, precise deficit irrigation & integrated pest management. Davey Estate Vineyard, McLaren Vale VINTAGE NOTE BOTTLING With an early budburst and flowering, as well as low bunch numbers and small bunches, 2012 was always going to be an early vintage. Alcohol: 14.1% The summer was warm, with strong gully winds that tested some of the more exposed vineyards. In many cases, crops were less than half the average but the intensity of colour, flavour and deliciously chewy tannins was amplified, heralding a great vintage. We picked our first white, Semillon, on February 8 and were well into Shiraz by late February. Sugar levels climbed quickly and in a very timely fashion nature delivered 60mm of rain on the last day of the month. Luckily, canopies dried quickly and there was no splitting. This resulted in the slowing down of the vintage and allowed us to achieve an ideal balance in the vineyard and to lavish the attention the exceptional fruit deserved in the winery. We finished harvest on March 20 th with the exception of the last of the Cabernet and some Shiraz left out for fortified production. finish. VINEYARD SOURCE TA: 6.9 g/L pH: 3.58 VARIETY 100% Shiraz th 2012 was an exceptional vintage for The Davey Estate and across McLaren Vale. ACCOLADES TOP GOLD MEDAL – 2013 McLaren Vale Wine Show, class 9 GOLD MEDAL – 2014 Sélections Mondiales des Vins, Canada 2014 China Wine & Spirit Best Value Awards, Hong Kong 2014 NZ International Wine Show, class 18a 2014 San Francisco International Wine Competition, USA WINEMAKING SILVER MEDAL – Only select parcels of Shiraz grown on both red & black soils over limestone on the Davey Estate vineyard, are chosen for this reserve wine. The wine is hand-crafted in small open & static fermenters to maximise the potential of each small parcel of fruit. Maturation for an average of 14 months in French & fine grained American oak hogsheads softens, enhances & integrates the fruit & structural components of the wine. 2014 Royal Queensland Wine Show, class 37 2014 Mundus Vini Great Wine Awards, Germany 2014 International Wine Challenge, Vienna 2013 Royal Adelaide Wine Show, class 29 2013 Royal Hobart Wine Show, class 47 92 pts – James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2015 91+ pts – 2014 The Wine Advocate #211, February 2014 WWW.SHINGLEBACK.COM.AU | E [email protected]
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