A savoury and intense expression of Shiraz from 6 rows of 70 year old vines. This wine will continue to improve with age and will reward long cellaring.
After mapping and separating the Alkina vineyard in Greenock into tiny patches known as polygons, based on varying geologies, the winemaking team has made tiny amounts from the most distinctive of them in what they deem the results of intense research and extreme commitment. The prices of their Polygon wines reflect this and their rarity. Even within just a 0.4-hectare section, four distinct parcels have been further separated for this unique creation of shiraz, a 100% whole bunch fermented in concrete for nine months in a ten-year-old barrel. Lifted with raspberry and chocolate notes, and peppery spices – almost Szechuan, certainly an Asian pantry feel – this immensely attractive, medium-bodied, open-weave wine is simply delicious to drink. Chinese dishes for sure, although it’s so appealing on their own.
"Shiraz sourced from the quartzite and schist soils of the 1950s-planted Polygon No. 1 on the winery's Greenock estate; 50% whole bunches and matured in unlined concrete tulip and egg. Bright magenta-splashed crimson with characters of macerated blood plum, blueberry and boysenberry with an array of Asian spice tones, crushed flowering and amaro herbs, black pepper, powdered ironstone, pressed flowers and more distant glimpses of sarsaparilla, graphite and roasting venison. Calm, deep and resonant with a graphitey, powdered rock wildness and firm-yet-fine ferruginous tannins. Looking very much 'Hermitage'-like in its structure and palate travel. 746 bottles produced."