Carl Albert (Moppa Block) Shiraz 2016

Estate Grown | Single Vineyard | Open Top Fermented | Basket Pressed

Carl Albert Shiraz is sourced from Block 4, a 4 acre single vineyard on the eastern slopes of Moppa Hill, located in the Barossa Valley.  This vineyard has an altitude of almost 400m which makes it the highest vineyard on the western side of the Barossa, a somewhat cooler site in a warmer region.  The soil is very stony red-brown earth with ironstone fragments over friable red-orange clay.  With crop levels generally low, the 16 vintage produced a total of 14 barrels from this site with only strict criteria choosing 3 barrels for bottling.

The grapes were handpicked on the 6^th  & 8^th  of March, 100% de-stemmed and 100% berries fully crushed into small 3 tonne open top fermenters.  Cold soak and fermentation was conducted over 14 days with the cap being hand plunged three times per day with an occasional rack and return.  The wine is matured with minimal racking until being bottled unfined and unfiltered.

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