Forest Hill Block 9 Shiraz 2022

This is a single site grown in 1985. It is a difficult site to pick. This is a powerful wine but retains its vibrant medium body. It’s about 10% while bunch and wild fermented, which has contributed to a more complex palate. Matured in 600l demi muid barrel with no new oak. Such a beautiful texture and fruit flavour, with cherry and plum and liberal spices. The colour is bright and almost radiates. It gets a lot of time on gross lees, so you get a bit of reduction which holds the wine in good stead for the future. Chewy and chalky and lots of Rhone characters here.