2015 Noon Winery Reserve Shiraz 750ml

Producer tasting notes: "Produced from Langhorne Creek Shiraz from the Borrett family 20 Rows block. The wine is deep in colour, with aromas of beef stock, soy sauce and molasses. The palate is full bodied but round, with firm tannins providing a lovely balance and a long finish. Very nice to drink now or can be cellared for IO years or more. Try it with a slow cooked Corsican beef stew nith pasta and grated pecorino cheese." - Noon Winery

Winemaking

Noon Reserve Shiraz is matured in small (300 lite) French and American oak barrels for 18 months. We use approximately 30-40% new oak for this wine, with the aim of adding complexity and structure without dominating the fruit flavour. Each year we work closely with the Borrett family to choose the ideal harvest time. Fermentation takes place in our small open vats which are hand plunged to help extract the naturally abundant colour and tannins present in the grapes. After fermentation is complete (typically 10 to 20 days) pressing is done by hand using small manual basket presses and care is taken not to extract too much bitterness or astringency by rough handling and over-pressing. The wine is crushed, fermented, matured and bottled on our property.