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2018 Elenay Shiraz

2018 Elenay Shiraz

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A barrel selected blend from the Kiss, Belford, Cote D'or and Dam Block parcels. A wine from a classic Hunter Valley vintage.

 

This label was first created from what we now describe as a "beautiful accident" in 2011, when a few barrels that were designated to be the famous Kiss Shiraz didn’t quite make the cut, and a few barrels of Sweetwater vineyard Shiraz likewise just didn’t quite match Sweetwater's style. With tongue in cheek, we affectionately referred to these ‘left-over’ barrels as the “Lips and Arseholes” and blended them together to create quite an exceptional Hunter Valley Shiraz. The wine was extremely well received, so we decided to continue the label in subsequent vintages by making an actual barrel selection for the blend.

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Winemaking Overview

  • In the Vineyard

    The 2018 vintage is made up of a selection of newer barrels from the Kiss (66%), Belford (14%), Cote d'Or (12%) and Dam Block (8%) parcels.

  • In the Winery

    The 2018 Elenay comprises of a barrel-selected blend taken from the Kiss, Belford, Cote D'or and Dam Block parcels. Satin texture and blue fruited with an underlying grunt of concentrated fruit and 'punchy' premium French oak.

    14.2% ABV

Tasting Notes

  • Appearance & Aroma

    Deep purple-garnet in colour.

    The wine is vibrantly aromatic in its primary dark berried fruit and perfume, inviting you in for a taste.

  • Palate & Finish

    It shows great concentration of dark berried fruits, with a taut tannin profile that extends right through the length of the palate. The wine feels svelte in the mouth, tightly wound, and with a decant or time in the glass shows even more of its seductive personality. The premium French oak is somewhat overt, but of course that is the style of Elenay. We have seen how the punchy oak 'folds' into the fruit with time in the cellar, and this vintage will be no exception.

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WHEN TO DRINK

This wine can be enjoyed as a drink now from 2020 onwards or cellar until 2040 or beyond.