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2018 GCV Celtic Farm Shiraz Cabernet
The 2018 GCV Celtic Farm Shiraz Cabernet is a really attractive Clare red blend which will repay medium term cellaring
2018 GCV Celtic Farm Shiraz Cabernet
Overview
Technical Detail
Region
100% Clare Valley, South Australia.
One of Australia's oldest and most premium wine regions, famous all around the world for it's Riesling and Shiraz wines in particular
Varietal
65% Shiraz, 33% Cabernet 2% Malbec. 20 months in old French barrels
Vineyard
Single vineyard – Gaelic Cemetery Vineyard
When to Drink
Enjoy now or cellar for 10 years
14.0% Alcohol
Vintage Notes
Growing Season
The 2018 vintage was shaped by a cool winter with above average rainfall followed by a dry and quite warm spring. Budburst was almost 2 weeks earlier than normal due to the warmer conditions and, consequently harvest was also very early – we commenced vintage on Feb 4th. The Summer was quite mild really and did not get hot for any extended period, apart from a few days around New Year and mid February conditions were very temperate for the rest of the harvest.
Winemaking
The grapes for this wine were machine harvested in the cool, early hours of the morning, transported to the winery to be crushed, chilled and pressed as soon as possible prior to the juice being clarified by cold settling. It was then inoculated with a pure yeast culture, with fermentation carried out in stainless steel temperature controlled tanks for on average 25-30 days. The wine was fined, stabilised then filtered prior to bottling.