Stefani Estate

Heathcote Barrel Selection Shiraz Magnum

The fruit was hand harvested from the single vineyard site, at the foot of the MT Camel ranges, north of Heathcote. The rich red Cambrian soils provide optimum growing conditions for producing this premium wine.
The fruit is selected from the higher slopes and crops are thinned prior to completion of veraison to give the fruit optimum flavour profile and tannin maturity on picking.
The grapes were bunch sorted into open top fermenters and then hand plunged to aid a gentle tannin extraction. This wine is then aged in new and one year old  French oak barrels for 15 months. On blending the winemaker selects the best barrels to go into this wine. Only 50 magnums were bottled in January 2019.
This wine is deep red garnet in colour. On the nose it displays notes of chocolate and dark brooding fruit. The palate is rich and textural with mature developed tannins.
It can be enjoyed now and will cellar well for up to 15 years.