Paxton MV Shiraz 2022

Bright purple with red hues. A layering of chocolate, liquorice and aniseed with ripe plum and blackcurrant notes. Full bodied wine with a beautiful primary fruit character of redcurrant and fresh mulberries. Lovely integration of oak gives a seamless texture and tannin profile.

Shiraz is selected from various Paxton vineyards and blended together. Selected from 19th, Jones and Quandong Farm properties located on the Seaview sub region of McLaren Vale, which cover various aspects and soil types. Thomas Block is the cooler of the selected sites and is located at the bottom of the McLaren Valley a short distance to the east of the township. Viticulture practices are fully certified organic and biodynamic.

Individual parcels from each vineyard were selected when they reached optimum sugar and flavour equilibrium. The parcels were kept separate throughout picking, de-stemming and fermenting, to ensure the resultant selections of wine were of the highest quality. Fermentation was carried out in open, static fermenters. During this process, each parcel was plunged and pumped over twice a day for 14 days, to extract colour, flavour and tannin structure.

The ferments were pressed to new and mature American and French oak barriques, where they were aged for 12 months prior to blending and bottling.

A great match for beef stew