Hentley Farm The Beauty Shiraz 2014 1.5L

Hentley Farm The Beauty Shiraz 2014 1.5L

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The Beauty Shiraz, counterpart to The Beast, it is a wine of elegance. Grown on the coolest block on the property, it is co-fermented with a touch of Viognier, the Beauty displays complex lifted aromatics, along with the softness and subtlety befitting a wine of this name. Quantities are scarce. Don’t miss out on this cellar release!

2014 saw solid rainfall through June and July filled the soil profile thus providing a great start to the growing season. This was followed by an extremely dry and hot spring combined with unusually high winds at flowering. These challenging conditions continued on through summer until the middle of February when a significant rain fall event signalled the end of summer and a return to mild days. This last minute reprieve from the heat was critical for the vintage, resulting in slower ripening and therefore increased opportunity for flavour development.

Shiraz and wet Viognier skins (3%) were combined at the weighbridge, 100% destemmed and transferred to their fermentation vessel. A combination of inoculated and natural yeast strains performed the fermentation. After an initial temperature spike, 1/3 of the wine was sent to oak for fermentation off skins. The balance was chilled and returned over the skins where a minimal pump-over regime of under 2 days was employed to ensure the softness of palate for which The Beauty is known. It was then basket pressed to a combination of new (40%) and old French barrels where it underwent natural malolactic fermentation. The wine spent a total of 18 months maturation in oak. No fining or filtration were used in the production of this wine.

Maker:

Hentley Farm was established in 1997 by Keith and Alison Hentschke, who had a single vision to craft exceptional single estate wines from the Barossa Valley.

Prior to this, Keith acquired impressive credentials studying Agricultural Science and Wine Marketing at Roseworthy College, where he graduated with the prestigious Gramp Hardy Smith Memorial Prize for the college’s most outstanding student, and garnered extensive experience working in the wine industry. He made good use of these years, searching for the perfect site and consulting with local winemakers and viticulturalists, who told him to ‘Head north west (Barossa) and look for the red/brown soil over limestone’.

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