Simon Hackett has a small production from his own vines which he then expands with the fruit that he sources primarily from around the McLaren Vale, but also from the Barossa.
This wine comes from vineyards in Lower Riverland, Coonawarra and McClaren Vale. It is aged in 600 Liter, 2 year-old American oak hogsheads (big barrels), and fermented bone dry. The wine is spicey, and dry, with smooth tannins and just enough vanilla, cocoa and toast from the oak to perfectly frame the raspberry and blackberry fruit. It goes to show that Australia can still make the best reasonably priced red wines in the world.
Try this wine with Pulled Pork, Bulgogi, Burgers, Blue Cheese, Pork Belly, or Breakfast. Drink now – 2011.
