Ravensworth Estate Shiraz Viognier 2021

Shiraz 95%, Viognier 5%. Fruit is sourced from 25-year-old vines grown on granite at 650 metres elevation. The fruit was processed as whole berries in cuve, spending four weeks on skins before being pressed to barrique for 12 months. It was then racked to foudre where it rested for a short while before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. - Winery Notes

"From the organic farmed estate vines of the Martin family in Murrumbateman. Matured in old puncheons and foudre.

Oh, beautiful. With concentration but coolness. Like a chamomile tea-soaked flannel on the eyes after too much sun. Red fruit, ripe and rich in the mix, floral lift, meadow herbs and fennel with gentle cinnamon spice notes - wonderful characters for scents and flavours. It feels sleek and lengthy, gentle but with a building framework of fine tannin lacing it all together. Superb." 95 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front

Country: Australia
Producer: Ravensworth
Region: Canberra District