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2019 Elenay Shiraz

2019 Elenay Shiraz

$90.00
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A barrel selected blend from the Kiss, Sweetwater, and Wills Hill parcels. Satiny texture and blue fruited, but with an underlying grunt of concentrated fruit and 'punchy' premium French oak.

This label was first created by what we now describe as 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 "best barrel" selection for the blend.

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Winemaking Overview

  • In the Vineyard

    The vineyard composition of this blend will change each vintage depending on how the personalities of each block mesh together on our tasting bench. The 2019 vintage is made up of a selection of newer barrels from the Kiss (59%), Sweetwater (26%), and Wills Hill (15%) parcels.

  • 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.
    Since then, we have worked hard each vintage to create what could be described as a 'best barrel' blend between our various single-site parcels.
    Stylistically, the sexy 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.

    386 dozen bottles produced, and then rested for 11 months before its official release in May 2021.

    14.0%% ABV

Tasting Notes

  • Appearance & Aroma

    Deep purple-garnet in colour, the wine is vibrantly aromatic in its primary fruit and perfume.

    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. Definitely slightly overt in the (premium French) oak department, but of course that is the style of Elenay.

  • 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. Definitely slightly overt in the (premium French) oak department, but of course that is the style of Elenay.

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WHEN TO DRINK

We have seen how the punchy oak 'folds' into the fruit with time in the cellar, and this vintage will be no exception. Pure awesomeness… Drink 2021 to 2035+

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