Chalk Hill, McLaren Vale
Chalk Hill is a family owned wine company dedicated to making small batch, hand crafted wines of distinction. The Harvey family grape growing heritage goes back six generations in South Australia, and we now have six vineyards spread across the beautiful McLaren Vale wine region. Our home vineyard was first planted in 1897 and these century old vines still bear fruit today. It is our family commitment to make wines that reveal the unique place that is McLaren Vale, and to show our efforts from the vineyard to the bottle. To us, wine is more than just a drink, it is a reflection of our place and our life.
Vineyards
The grapes in Chalk Hill wines are primarily sourced from six family-owned vineyards in the McLaren Vale district, 40 kilometres south of Adelaide in South Australia. McLaren Vale's Mediterranean type climate of cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers provides perfect growing conditions for premium grapes. Each Vineyard has a different soil type and topography, providing unique growing environments for the grapes. We take these unique factors and combine them with expert viticultural management to produce grapes of distinct character and appeal that make our wines so sought after.
Description
Vintage: 2021
Variety: 100% Shiraz
Colour: Dark purple with red hues
Aromatics: Floral perfumed nose, with fresh red berry and cherry fruit and hints of earthiness and spice.
Palate: Fresh red and blue berry fruit combine with fragrant spice and a fresh line of acid. The wine has a textural mouth-feel and a fine and lingering tannin structure.
Cellaring: Will reward cellaring for 5-7 years or more.
Food Match: Rare roast beef with chargrilled vegetables
Vineyard Notes: Clarendon is an elevated site within the McLaren Vale wine region, recognised for its exceptional quality and purity of fruit. The fruit was sourced exclusively from the Hickinbotham Block 126, rows 8 – 16.
Winemaker Notes: Hand picked and 30% of the single vineyard fruit was included into the ferment as whole bunches. Matured partly in large format 500L Puncheons and the remainder in 300L Hogsheads for 15 months. 100% French oak 20% new, the remainder consisting of 1,2 and 3 year old barrels.
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