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Wines by Alex Head

Head The Blonde Stonewell Shiraz Viognier 2011

There's a legend about Count Maugiron who owned the steeply terraced hills of Cote Rotie. He was blessed with two beautiful daughters, one a blonde and the other brunette. When the good Count retired he passed the two Cotes on to his daughters. To this day they are still referred to as Cote Blonde and Cote Brune. Head's Blonde comes from a splendid single vineyard at Stonewell, a site of sandy loam mixed with quartz over limestone base, unique soils, which translate into a wine of accentuated perfume and complexity.

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Alex Head has long been interested in Rhone Valley wines and their symbiosis with all things culinary. In particular, Shiraz from Rhone Valley's Cote Rotie. Head worked vintage with the wineries he held in the highest regard. Tyrrells and Torbreck, Laughing Jack and Cirillo. To create a unique old world style of Barossa Valley wine, Alex Head has selected a vineyard similar to Côte Rotie, where the soils produce contrasting styles of fruit. Head's Blonde makes use of two separate clones of Shiraz, achieving a wine with layers of complexity. Components are vinified in three different techniques, with various inclusions of Viognier skins, vintage dependant, for up to eighteen days in traditional open fermenters.

A deeply coloured wine. Fragrant camomile and star anise, blackberry and bramble aromas with some underlying savoury notes. The palate is generous and minerally with blackberry, liquorice and sage flavours over fine loose knit grainy tannins. Archetypal Stonewell Shiraz, with highly perfumed fruit, plenty of substance and great length of flavour, will continue to evolve middle palate richness.