2021 Wits End 'Luna' Shiraz McLaren Vale

Winemaker Notes: Perfumed nose of red berry fruits, floral notes, with a hint of cherry and spice. A vibrant fruit driven wine, with layers of red fruits, plums, spice and a hint of vanilla. A medium-full bodied wine with lovely balance. Oldest vines planted 1973, with Heritage and SAVI1127 clones mostly on their own rootstock. Primary ferment is finished in barrel with malolactic fully in oak. Aging for fourteen months in oak, with an additional two in tank. No fining or filtration. No acidification.

Chalk Hill (Chalk Hill in Australia, Wits End in USA!) is a family owned, organic practicing wine company dedicated to making small batch, hand crafted wines of distinction. The Harvey family grape growing heritage goes back six generations and they have six vineyards spread across the McLaren Vale wine region. The vineyard was first planted in 1897 and these century old vines still bear fruit today. It is the Harvey family commitment to make wines that reveal the unique place that is McLaren Vale, and that show their efforts from the vineyard to the bottle. Wines are only released in years that pass muster of quality and varietal integrit