| Entry Information |
| Orlando Wines |
| 2023 |
| 15 |
| 15#16 |
| Orlando |
| Lawson's Padthaway Shiraz |
| 2012 |
| Single Vineyard |
| Tim McCarthy |
| Yes |
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| Judging Results |
| Bronze |
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| Varietal: Shiraz, GI: Padthaway, 100% |
| Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100% |
| Conventional |
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| Wine Making Information |
| 02 / Apr / 2014 |
| Screw |
| 1032 |
| current |
| False |
| As always, the wine was vintaged entirely from the original 2.8-hectare J block on Lawson’s Vineyard in Padthaway. Timely vineyard assessments by our winemaking team determined the optimal harvest date based on flavour intensity and tannin development. On arrival at the winery, the grapes were de-stemmed and crushed to a closed static fermenter. The winemaking brief for such high-quality fruit was to gently extract flavour, colour and tannin over an extended fermentation on skins. As a first step, the must was seeded by a selected, active yeast culture. Following this a “cold soak” to provide further delicate extraction from skins and slow the start of fermentation. The ferment was allowed to warm to a peak temperature of 28-30°C, then cooled and maintained at more moderate temperatures of 20-22°C. The wine remained on skins for 20 days, ensuring thorough extraction of colour and flavour, with robust tannins. Post draining and pressing the wine was filled to the finest French and American oak hogsheads to undergo malolactic fermentation. Malolactic fermentation finished in July 2014 and the wine was racked out of barrel, sulphured and returned back to the same oak. Maturation was a total of 22 months before the final blend was determined by individual barrel tastings to bring together this classic wine. The final blend was selected from 100% first use American and French oak barrels. |
| Pernod Ricard Winemakers, 1940 Barossa Valley Way, Rowland Flat |
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