Sanguine Estate, Heathcote, Victoria
Sanguine Estate is a family operated boutique vineyard and winery located in Heathcote region of Central Victoria.
The Sanguine estate has three distinct vineyards, namely the Sanguine mixed block, the flagship Sanguine Estate Shiraz vineyard and the Progeny Shiraz vineyard. Sanguine Estate is a fully integrated wine business with estate vineyards and a modern gravity fed winery located on each estate.
Inception Shiraz 2021
This wine distills the essence of the Heathcote terroir, letting the vine suck the goodness from ancient, red soils and get its delicious fruit into the bottle with the minimum of stress. It was the driest winter and spring in our memory, restricting vine development and forcing it to squeeze all its flavour into a small crop, ending with great vintage conditions. Splash some into a glass alongside a dish of lamb shanks to discover the layered ripe flavours, black fruit aromas and robust structure - a winter wonderland.
Winemaking
Winemaker Mark Hunter utilizes traditional winemaking practices such as small fermentation tanks, natural fermentation (i.e. no yeast additions) and gravity feeding. Whilst this can be quite labour intensive, we believe it ensures the preservation of natural fruit flavours and the Heathcote terrior character. As with all varieties produced at Sanguine Estate, the grapes were destemmed, lightly crushed and then naturally fermented with wild indigenous yeasts in small open fermenters. The wine is then transferred via gravity (to avoid pump shock) to predominantly French oak barriques (approximately 10% new) and left to mature for approximately 18 months.
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