Rolf Binder Heysen Shiraz 2016

Beautifully balanced Shiraz. Superb fruit concentration yet so harmonious and understated. A producer who really knows how to showcase the fantastic quality of Barossa shiraz without overdoing it!

The famous Heysen walking trail forms the western border of the Rolf Binder estate; fruit for this wine is grown in the adjacent, low yielding Heysen vineyard.

Production notes – vinification: The grapes were fermented in one batch, managed for at least 6-8 days on skins. After pressing the free run juice was added back. During ferment, some of the juice was transferred to new oak barrels for 24 hours, then pumped back into the fermentation tank. The barrels were then washed and then refilled for another fermentation. Matured in 50% new French oak puncheons (500L) and 50% second fill puncheons for 22 months in oak prior to blending and bottled with minimal interference.

Halliday Australian Wine Companion: 95 pts