2021 Centare Old Block Shiraz 750ml

Centare Vineyard is located in the heart of the Yarra Valley, Australias most prestigious, cool-climate wine region,renowned for producing some of the most exceptional, varietal wines in the world.

The Old Block range of wines are single vineyard wines, made entirely from original estate vineyardsthat wereplanted to the regions most classic varieties in 1998.

Yarra Valley Shiraz is one of the regions best kept secrets, with the best, generally warmer sites, producing award winning wines with great depth and intensity of cool-climate character and flavour.

Awards & Reviews:

SILVER MEDAL:93 Points –Yarra Valley Wine Show 2022

Tasting Notes:

Thiswine, asalways, isan intensely varietal, highly perfumed, complex and flavoursome expression of cool-climate Yarra Valley Shiraz.

Red & blue berries,crackedwhite pepper & spice, cedar, vanilla and coffee bean undertones, an elegantly weighted palate, with fine, structural tannins and enduring acidity and flavour.

Winemaking:

Fruit was hand-picked, then meticulously sorted to select only the best berries for fermentation in two, small, open fermenters, each with approximately 15% whole bunches.

Fermenters werechilled for 48 hours before fermentation was allowed to commence andgently plunged twice daily during fermentation. The wine wason skins for a total of 14 daysbefore pressing topremiumbarriquesfor malolactic fermentationandmaturationforeleven months before blending and bottling.

The Vintage:

2021 was dream Yarra Valley vintage, with almost ideal weather conditions throughout the entire season, leading to very healthy canopies and generous crops of beautiful fruit.

The season was generally mild and sunny, with very well-timed rain events for low disease pressure,good soil moisture and minimal requirement for supplementary irrigation. The season was long and late, allowingslow, steady and full ripening.Shiraz was harvested almost two weeks later than in a typical year.

The 2021 Old Block wines are stunning, with a unique freshness and intensity of perfectly ripe aromas, flavours, palate weight, focus and tannin structure the best yet!

Technical Data:

Harvest Date:20thMarch2021

Variety:100%Shiraz

Oak:70% French, 20% Hungarian, 10% American barriques25% new

Alcohol:13.4%

Acidity:pH 3.31, Titratable Acidity 6.7g/L

Total Cases produced:1205x 6 packs (750ml)