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Short Row Shiraz

A very popular wine with a rich powerful aroma and palate of blackberries and sweet fruit. The wine is well balanced, with soft tannins and has a dry, long finish. A very high quality second Shiraz.

Vintages:

Fox Creek 2001 Short Row Shiraz

appearance
Vibrant rim with an intense dark plum core.

bouquet
The nose of this wine is powerful and aromatic. It has a suggestion of a rich intense wine with plenty of blackberry fruit. The oak shows as a sweet, lifted character and has an enticing effect in combination with the powerful fruit aroma.

palate
This wine is a typical McLaren Vale Shiraz. With a strong central core of black fruit, there is a sweetness that only comes from a region such as this. The fruit is well balanced by firm yet very soft tannins and the finish is dry and lengthy, with acidity to carry the wine through a few years in the bottle.

winemaking
This wine is made from 100% Shiraz and is made from fruit that comes from the shorter rows of Shiraz vines near our cellar door. The vines are trained in the type of trellising technique known as Scott Henry (to allow maximum penetration of sunlight). The fruit was fermented on skins for 7 to 8 days and about 30% of the wine saw barrel fermentation during the latter stages of the fermentation. Maturation was in 85% American oak (with the balance being in 2 year old French oak from Alliers).

technical analysis

pH
3.39

TA
6.6

Alcohol
14.5%

ageing potential
We suggest this wine, although drinking well now, will improve with time and should be suitable for five years cellaring, if stored under favourable conditions.

awards
Gold Medal, McLaren Vale Wine Show 2002
Silver Medal, Great Australian Shiraz Challenge 2002
Silver Medal, Sydney Royal Wine Show 2003

viticulturist
Paul Watts

winemakers
Dan Hills & Tony Walker