Grant Burge Filsell Old Vine Shiraz, Barossa Valley

Description

Grant Burge’s Filsell vineyard with near century old vines is considered one of the best vineyards in the Barossa Valley and consistently produces fruit of great intensity and concentration. Planted in 1920, this vineyard also produces the fruit for Grant’s flagship Shiraz, the highly acclaimed Meshach. Filsell is known to loyal followers as Meshach’s younger brother. The 2009 vintage saw a continuation of the dry and warm conditions experienced in previous years, resulting in lower than average yields. Nevertheless the fruit from the Filsell vineyard consistently produces wines with exceptional varietal character, concentration and flavours. Different batches of fruit were crushed and fermented separately. The juice reached 28 degrees at the start of fermentation before it was cooled to 22 degrees. The wine was pumped over three times a day and the skins were pressed gently before the free run and pressed wine was transferred to oak to finish fermentation. The wine was matured in new and two year old American barrels, with a small proportion in French oak hogsheads, for 20 months before bottling.