2023 By Farr Shiraz 750ml Corton Les Renardes with 8% Eden Valley fruit

with 8% Eden Valley fruit

for two ears

Vineyard notes: "Crimson is our selection of parcels from younger Pinot Noir vines from our various vineyards on the Martinborough Terrace

Shiraz is a blend of three premium McLaren Vale vineyards: Piebald Gully

After basket pressing the wine was gravity fed into underground cement vats where it naturally settled and was later racked into older French barriques

2023 By Farr Shiraz 750ml Corton Les Renardes with 8% Eden Valley fruitShiraz fruit comes from the original By Farr vineyard, planted in 1994. It lies on a north facing slope, and the red volcanic soil has a base of limestone with deep set sandstone. VINIFICATION All fruit is hand picked from the VSP trellising, with 20 per cent left as whole bunches in the fermentation. Most years we co ferment between 2 and 4 per cent viognier with the shiraz, the date determining whether or not the former is co fermented and bled