2021 beechworth syrah

The 2021 Beechworth Syrah marks our third release from the Battely Vineyard since we took over management in 2017. The site sits on a bony ridge and is composed of red sandy loam with slate and ironstone fragments. It’s been a lot of hard work, but the vines are now showing good health and have really started to reward us with some top-quality fruit. Much like our vineyards down the road in Eldorado, yields were very low in 2021, coming into the winery at around 30% of what we would expect. As we’ve said before, there’s a silver lining in the quality that arises from these lower volume years.

The Battely Vineyard is unique because it comprises four different Shiraz clones; PT23, PT10, ESA3012 & the Bests clone. We undertook three separate ferments with the 2021 fruit, which included:

• Shiraz plus 2% Viogner. 15% whole bunches, 10% crushed, the remainder as whole berries. 60-hour cold soak, cultured yeast, hand plunged daily, 21 days on skins.

• Whole berries, 20% whole bunches, cultured yeast, cool ferment, hand plunged daily, nine days on skins.

• Whole berries, cultured yeast, cool ferment, hand plunged daily, 14 days on skins.

All ferments were basket pressed and sent to new and seasoned French oak puncheons for an 18-month maturation on gross lees.

Unfined, gently filtered, vegan friendly, and hand bottled onsite August 2022.

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