2006 Single Barrel Shiraz
We have marvellous neighbours in Wally & Daphne Krieg. They run a property on the corner of Gods Hill and Krieg Roads just down the road from our place. They have a wonderful old vineyard planted by their father during the 1920's. All vines are hand cane pruned and all grapes are hand harvested for a couple of Barossa winemakers.
On the 21st March 2006 we harvested 5.5 tonne of Wally's old vine Shiraz and crushed this fruit into 2 tonne open fermenters under the veranda of our shed here at Dutschke Wines.
I chose a barrel of Wally Shiraz for the 2006 Single Barrel Shiraz, as the wine is generously rich and mouth-filling wine. Maybe even bigger, fleshier and more full-bodied than some of our other 2006 wines we had in the shed.
The barrel chosen was a new Berthomieu Allier French Oak 300-litre Hogshead. So we've bottled the wine just as we found it, unblended, unfined and unfiltered. It has just been racked from barrel to tank, and then tank to tank on a couple of occasions.
At the time of bottling this wine was generous in ripe plum and chocolate flavours. Spice and coffee like characters from the oak compliment the fruit beautifully. This wine is very enjoyable as a younger wine, but I would recommend giving it time (at least 12 – 24 months) to develop and complex in the bottle, and then decant before enjoying with good friends.
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