Hentley Farm Barossa Shiraz
$2799each
$335DOZEN
WineryHentley Farm
Fruit Shiraz
Regions Barossa
  South Australia
Each $27.99
$335.00
Available by the dozen
The family Hentschke have been Barossa farming since 1842, they know from good soils and settle on nothing but the finest land. Keith Hentschke chose a special site along Greenock Creek, at the intersection of Gerald Roberts and Jenke Roads, in the ancient winegrowing hamlet of Seppeltsfield to plant vines in the early 1990s. They now yield vintages of the most amazing concentration, saturated with the essence of grand Barossa Shiraz, a remarkable intensity of chewy bramble berry flavours, heady jube perfumes and soft, savoury chamois tannins.
The fortuitous soils at Hentley Farm are predominately red clay loam over shattered limestone, salt and pepper siltstone over a layer of bluestones at greater depth. All vines are dry grown on their own roots, with an emphasis on keeping the vine and earth in a natural state of balance with minimal interference. Shiraz is crushed and destemmed, pumped over two or three times daily for optimal extraction. Batches may spend up to several weeks vinification on skins before pressing and settling. Ferments and malolactic are completed in a selection of seasoned amd new French oak barrels, followed by ten months maturation and the final assemblage, unfiltered and unfined. Alcohol 14.8%
TASTING NOTES
Deep dark scarlet red. Lifted nose of black currants and dark cherry, raspberry notes, satsuma plum and black olive. The palate is layered with Barossa richness over a length of soft succulent tannins, supported by dark fruits and balanced acidity. Lingering cherry and licorice add complexity, the balance of fruit intensity and oak through the back deliver a Shiraz of remarkable length.
Wines by Hentley Farm
About Hentley Farm Wines
Hentley Farm is a truly special property, hand picked by Keith Hentschke for its soil quality and geographical contours
The wines of Hentley Farm are all about listening to the land and planting the right vines in the right place, in the right way. Set on the red brown earth of western Barossa, propitiously positioned on the sacred soils between Gawler and Nuriootpa, Greenock and Tanunda, Hentley Farm founders Keith and Alison Hentschke acquired the 150 acre vineyard and mixed farming property in the 1990s. Following extensive research to find out where the best red wine grapes in the Barossa Valley were being produced, their studies led them towards the rich red soils of the Seppeltsfield area. Keith used an old soil map from the 1950s to strategically locate the best parcels of land and after a number of years acquired Hentley Farm. Hentley Farm»