Past Vintages

Tasting Note
04 D Block Shiraz.pdf
Tasting Note
03 D Block Shiraz.pdf
Tasting Note
02 D Block Shiraz.pdf
Tasting Note
01 D Block Shiraz.doc

Technical Details

  • 100% Shiraz
  • 100% McLaren Vale
  • Alcohol: 14.5%
  • TA: 7.6 g/L
  • pH: 3.35
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2005 D Block Reserve Shiraz

 

 

 

"A lusciously velvety melange of black fruits, dark chocolate, oak and ripe tannins; hard to resist if it is flavour you are after. Rating 94 To 2020" 

 Reprinted with permission from James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2009

 

 "Polished, refined and open-textured...appealing for its layers of boysenberry, cherry and tantalizing hints of orange peel and tobacco that fit seamlessly into a beautifully formed package. 93 pts."  

Harvey Steiman, Wine Spectator,October 2008 (US)

Winemaking

In a small niche of the Davey Family Vineyard, the soil, climate and Shiraz combine to create something special - the fruit that is ultimately hand crafted to become D Block Shiraz. Gentle hand working of the skins in small, 5 tonne open fermenters and traditional winemaking practices protect and nurture the unique qualities of the terroir. Very fine-grained American and French oak hogsheads are used to allow a long, slow maturation of the wine and subtle oak integration. A combination of new and 1 year old barrels, crafted by select coopers to our requirements, are used to create nuances and diversity of flavour. When maturation and oak integration are perfect, individual barrels are selected and blended to create the fruit power, complexity and harmonious balance that is Shingleback D Block Shiraz.

Tasting note

Deep red. Primary mulberry and blackberry fruit aromas are overlaid with notes of blueberry and spice. Bright, luscious Shiraz fruit flavours are textured with silky tannins. This wine is the essence of the vine, the time, the place and the harsh, black, cracking clay over limestone soils, all of which combine to make it unique each year.

Awards:

  • GRAND GOLD medal - 2009 Selections Mondiales des Vins (Canada)
  • Gold medal - 2009 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles (Belgium)
  • Gold medal - 2006 Royal Queensland Wine Show, Class 18
  • Gold medal - 2007 Mundus Vini International Wine Awards (Germany)
  • Gold medal - 2008 Lianhe Zaobao Wine Review Challenge (Singapore)
  • Silver medal - 2007 International Wine Challenge (UK)
  • Silver medal - 2007 International Wine & Spirit Competition (UK)
  • Silver medal - 2008 International Wine Challenge (Vienna)
  • 94 pts - 2009 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion
  • 93 pts - Wine Spectator (US), Sept. 2008

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