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2022 Elenay Shiraz

2022 Elenay Shiraz

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A barrel-selected blend from the Sweetwater Ridge and Pokolbin Estate (Kiss) vineyards. Satiny texture and blue fruited, but with an underlying grunt of concentrated fruit and 'sexy' premium French oak.

 

This label was first created a "beautiful accident" in 2011, when a few barrels that were designated to be the famous Kiss Shiraz and Sweetwater vineyard Shiraz didn’t quite match their respective styles. 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 vineyard composition of the blend will change each vintage depending on how each block meshes together on our tasting bench.
    The 2022 blend is a selection of newer barrels from the Sweetwater Ridge (60%) and Kiss (40%) parcels. These two outstanding vineyards have featured (in varying proportions) in every single vintage of our Elenay Shiraz blend to date

  • In the Winery

    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 and a few barrels of Sweetwater vineyard Shiraz didn't match their respective styles. 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. Stylistically the premium French oak can definitely be a feature of this label, particularly as a youngster, but will 'fold in' with the fruit given some time in the cellar.

    Bottled 20th June 2023 with 370 dozen bottles produced. The wine was released 18th May 2024

    13.5% ABV
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Tasting Notes

  • Appearance & Aroma

    A provocative violet purple colour with expressive nose of fresh and ripe dark fruits, exotic spice, dark chocolate and hints of amaro.

  • Palate & Finish

    The palate is powerful and intense with fine silky tannins around a complex core of blackberry, mulberry and dark plum fruit. There are notes of warm brown spices, dark chocolate and fresh espresso adding another layer. This is a seductive wine with velvety texture and long and refreshing finish. Definitely slightly overt in the (premium French) oak department as a youngster, but of course this 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 is drinking deliciously now, but you will be rewarded for giving it some cellaring. Drink anywhere from 2024 to 2035 and beyond.