Thorn Clarke Shotfire Shiraz
$2299each
$275DOZEN
WineryThorn Clarke
Fruit Shiraz
Regions Barossa
  South Australia
Each $22.99
$275.00
Currently out of stock
Thorn-Clarke are one of the Braossa's most salubrious grower families, by appointment to Australia's most recognized brands. Thely can be proud of six generations in Barossa viticulture, a timeless source of Shiraz for the nation's most memorable vintages. The best parcels are selected from the estate's St Kitts, Milton Park and Kabininge sites to form the backbone for Shotfire. The enduring Aussie style, a generous palate of ripe blackberry and plum flavours, seasoned by spice and vanillan oak, supported by a structure of fine, pliant tannins.
Thorn-Clarke Shiraz is true Barossa Valley floor terroir, grown to auspicious Bay of Biscay soils, red wine grapes ripen fully here. Grapes are crushed and destemmed, the juices are run into open vats for a week of vinification, while being treated to pumpovers twice daily, maximising colour, while achieving optimal tannin and flavour extraction. A fastidious cooling regime is employed to ensure the ferments remain in the 22C to 25C range, preserving maximum expression of fruit. Upon completion, components are pressed and transferred into a high proportion of new American oak hogsheads for an extended, fourteen months maturation.
TASTING NOTES
Deep red colour. Lifted and intense nose of blackberry fruit, sweet spice and dark chocolate. Rich and flavoursome palate with blackberry and plum fruit flavours, plenty of complexity mixed with spice and earthy notes. Mouth filling flavours are complemented by chalky tannins, a lovely Barossa Shiraz characterized by it's great length of fruit, a rich and voluptuous wine.
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The Thorn-Clarke family has a long history in the Barossa, six generations of involvement in the region's world famous wine industry
The Barossa Valley was settled in the early 1840s by small farmers and artisans seeking religious freedom from their native Silesia. The warm, fertile valley was ideal for ripening winegrapes and Australia's largest wineries made their headquarters amongst the vineyards. In the cooler ranges above the Barossa, known as Eden Valley, English settlers created large pastoral runs for sheep and cattle, but also planted vineyards to ensure a supply of table wine. Thorn Clarke»