2021 Eisenstone Becker Vyd Koonunga Shiraz 750ml

Old vine wines from the Northern Barossa produce elegant but powerful wines. They are subtle but have a remarkable length to the pallet and this wine is no exception. Black forest fruits dominate and the lifted fruit is underpinned but elegant French oak spice.

Peak Drinking / Cellaring Potential
This wine will continue to mature until at least 2036.
A total of 2,000 bottles were produced and each is individually numbered.

Volume - 750mL
Alcohol Volume - 14.5%

The grapes were sourced from Becker Vineyard �Mt Charles block in the Koonunga sub-region of the Barossa Valley. Four generations of the Becker Family owned the small vineyard until it was recently purchased by the Hoffmann family. The exact age of the vines in this block has been lost but understood to be between 70 and 80 years old. The volume produces is limited to the annual yield of this small parcel.

The grapes were fermented in small batches and after fermentation was matured in 50% new French oak for 20 months prior to bottling. Minimal intervention is used in the winemaking process and the wine is moved minimal times prior to bottling and is not cold stabilised or filtered