Jasper Hill Emilys Paddock Shiraz 2013
$7999each
$959DOZEN
WineryJasper Hill
Fruit Shiraz CabernetFranc
Regions Heathcote
  Victoria
Each $79.99
$959.00
Currently out of stock
Outstanding Langtons Classification. Emily's Paddock was planted in 1975, initiating a resurgence of interest into the towering, ferrous styles of Heathcote Shiraz. The aim was never to make money but to create great wine, on a par with the august Shiraz classics of the old world. Emily is beautiful but eccentric, the usual plum spiceyness of Shiraz, a profound structure and stately elegance, finishing firmer and lengthier. Cabernet Franc adds complexity but ultimately its the vineyard terroir that distinguishes Emily from rival sibling Georgia.
Essentially an exclusive single small vineyard Shiraz, Emily is co fermented with a portion of well integrated Cabernet Franc, perhaps the only wine of it's kind in the world. Emily's Paddock is a mere three hectares of Shiraz, which grow alongside a parcel of Cabernet Franc, yielding about two tonnes per hectare, a scant and precious fourteen hectolitres. Organically grown grapes are picked by hand, completely de-stemmed and treated to an extended maceration for several weeks, with minimal intervention to express the paddock's uniqueness in the finished wine. Emily is then transferred into a selection of small French oak barriques, without any racking, fining or filtration for maturation.
TASTING NOTES
Bright, deep garnet coloured. Mint and menthol, aromas of red berries and plums, a touch of pepper, tar and smoked meats. A magnificently balanced wine with amazing structure, a profoundly successful natural acidity. Pleasing savoury, earthy and mineral qualities, chalky tannins sneak up on you after swallowing.
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About the Jasper Hill Winery
The aim is to make great wine, with the preservation of nature's flavours, complexities and balance by using minimal intervention in the vineyards and in the cellar - to allow the individual vineyard's sense of place to express itself
Jasper Hill are produced entirely on the estate using organic/biodynamic principles. The estate produce their own organic compost and have never used synthetic chemicals on either the vines or the soils, since vineyards were planted in 1975. Viticultural practices are as close to nature as possible: own rooted vines (ie. not grafted on to American rootstocks to confer Phylloxera resistance), no irrigation whatsoever, minimal tillage, natural inter-row mulching leading to broad bio-diversity, in turn giving depth and intensity to our wines. Only hand pruning of the vines and hand harvesting of the fruit can allow the human connection to the living soil. Jasper Hill»