Yarra Valley, Victoria. The 2018 Punt Road Shiraz is fragrant and aromatic. It has aromas and flavours of plum, spice and white pepper. These characters are complemented by savoury fine grained French oak tannins, which give length and structure to the wine. Bottled with under screw cap, this wine will reward cellaring for at least 8 years.
In the 1850’s Punt Road was a quiet dirt road that met the Yarra River on the outskirts of a new settlement, Melbourne. The road was surrounded by some of the first commercial vineyards in Victoria, and was linked across the river by a punt, which would ferry people and goods to the other side. Punt Road remains today in the heart of cosmopolitan Melbourne. A bridge now stands where the punt once was, and the vineyards have been re-established throughout the Yarra Valley, where the grapes for this wine are grown today.
The Making
Once harvested, the fruit was delivered to the winery where it was de-stemmed and crushed. Fermentation took place in small static and open top fermenters that were pumped over regularly. The wine was pressed into French oak hogsheads (25% new) where it matured for 16 months prior to a light filtration and bottling.
Kate Goodman – Winemaker
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