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Pirathon Silver Shiraz CONFIRM VINTAGE

Shiraz Barossa South Australia
Full bodied, brimming with the superb flavour, fine textures and sound structure of truly grand Barossa Shiraz. Parcels are picked off dedicated grower vineyards around the ancient hamlets of northwest precincts, Moppa and Greenock, Stonewell and Belvedere, Seppeltsfield, Ebeneezer and Koonunga. Gullies and higher altitudes, steep hills, slopes and undulations make for an extraordinary variance of topographies, each a unique vineyard for the realization of harvests, articulating an individual expression of soil, terroir and clime.
Available by the dozen
Case of 12
$311.00
Shiraz is picked off low yielding vineyards by traditional family growers, each block adds its own exclusive dimension to Pirathon. Parcels are separately crushed into open top fermenters, a course of hand pumpovers gently extract colour and flavour from the fruit. Upon completion, batches are treated to a traditional press, followed by transfer to a selection of new and seasoned American, French, Russian and Hungarian oak hogsheads for maturation over a period of eighteen months, racked from barrel and ultimately assembled. The final Pirathon is bottled without fining or filtration, ensuring the true expression of the vineyards are preserved within the bottle.
Dark purple black colour. The perfumed bouquet is uplifting with bright aromas of blueberry, nutmeg spice, musk, juicy fruits, roses and plum. The serious and complex palate is mouth filling with generous dark fruit and balanced oak barrel characters. Fine integrated tannins give the wine solid structure. Overall, the pure varietal fruit, plush oak and rounded tannins give the wine beautiful harmony.
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Pirathon
Pirathon is an ancient word for pinnacle, Shiraz is the pinnacle grape the Barossa, the valley's northwestern districts are the pinnacle appellation for Shiraz

Grapes for Pirathon are grown by dedicated high quality growers in the Greenock, Moppa, Belvedere, Stonewell, Seppeltsfield, Koonunga and Ebenezer districts of the northwestern Barossa. Eminent Barossa families such as Elson and De Fazio, Milhinch and Materne, Pfeiffer, Westlake and Wendt. Many of these growers have been farming the same land for generations. Grapes for Pirathon Shiraz are traditionally handcrafted in open top fermenters and basket pressed before maturing in oak barrel. Each vineyard adds its own exclusive dimension to Pirathon Shiraz, each making an essential contribution to the complete wine.

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