2010 Two Hands Gnarly Dudes Shiraz

Winemaker's Notes
"This wine is from a near perfect vintage and very evocative of Barossa Shiraz. Dark fruit bursts onto the palate. The vibrant acid carries the juicy plummy fruit and bitter chocolate seamlessly through the palate and continues to roll on and on balanced by firm, but fine tannins. This wine is from probably our best vintage to date and will need a few months to settle down, but will age over the medium to long term and will drink well for at least the next decade if cellared well."

Technical Notes
"The many parcels making up this wine were crushed into and fermented in open top vessels, with regular pump overs 3 times daily to extract flavours, colour and tannins. The batches were then drained and pressed to tank and then racked to barrel for oak maturation where malolactic fermentation occurred. All batches were kept completely separate as usual and blended just prior to bottling. Matured 14 months in hogsheads, 11% new French oak, the balance 1-4 year old French oak. 14.8% alc."