Previously known as ‘Old Block’ – the Old Vine Series was created to showcase the traditions of our winery and the elegance that can be attained from old vines in our Pyrenees vineyard. Taltarni was founded on these big, beautiful reds; they’re our pedigree.
Style: Harvested from the oldest Shiraz vines (Block 21) planted on the Taltarni estate in the late 1960s, this wine is crafted in the vineyard, with fruit and shoot thinning during the season to keep yields to below 5 tonnes/ha, for balance and fruit concentration. Then, the parcel is handled separately in the winery from arrival. This wine shows the intensity in our old vines, great complexity and quality, year in year out.
Tasting Notes: Showing elegance and balance, the Old Vine Shiraz has layer upon layer of flavours complemented by a solid core of currants, plums, and spicy aromatics. The palate is medium weight with succulence and seamless silky tannins and lingers long after the wine.
Region: Pyrenees, Victoria, Australia
Variety: Shiraz 100%
Vintage: The 2020 Vintage produced optimal growing conditions for the Pyrenees reds, the fruit exhibited intense flavours while maintaining a balanced structure. These growing conditions also allowed the fruit to be harvested at ideal stages, to get the best from the fruit.
Winemaking: The fruit was harvested in the cool of the morning and crushed into a small open top fermenter, 30% of the fruit remains as whole bunches. It was then inoculated and headed-down to enable silky tannin and rich red fruit extraction. Using a combination of heading-down and a small amount of pump overs, the ferment was managed over 10 days at higher temperatures which resulted in a delicacy of the fruit and structure to be extracted but showing the terroir of the vineyard as well. Towards the end of the ferment, malolactic fermentation is introduced and allowed to finish in 30% new and seasoned French oak barriques.
Wine Analysis: Acid: 6.5g/L | pH: 3.57 | Alcohol by volume: 14.5% | Residual Sugar: Dry | Harvested: April 2020 | Aging: 16 Months in French Oak barriques, 30% new | Winemaker: Robert Heywood and Ben Howell
Food Match: Pair with roast beef and Yorkshire pudding.
Cellaring: Drink now or cellar for 10 – 20 years.
Previous Accolades:
Vintage 2019 Top Accolades
“30% whole bunches, inoculated, small open-top fermenters, mlf, finished in French oak barriques (30% new). Winemaker Robert Heywood has been working on structural definition for his reds. His efforts would make Taltarni’s early winemaker, Dominique Portet, very happy. The 2019 is very much about structure. It’s firm and precise, with an equally well-deliberated, still-emerging, solid, blackberried fruit profile. Its future is beautifully laid out before it. Be patient.”
Vintage 2018 Top Accolades
Vintage 2017 Top Accolades
Vintage 2016 Top Accolades
Vintage 2015 Top Accolades
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