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YANGARRA ESTATE VINEYARD Ironheart Shiraz, McLaren Vale 2021 Bottle
yangarra estate vineyard
YANGARRA ESTATE VINEYARD Ironheart Shiraz, McLaren Vale 2021 Bottle
About this wine
Yangarra Estate Vineyard Ironheart Shiraz, McLaren Vale
The Ironheart is so named for the reddish ironstone gravel soil in the middle of the Blewitt Springs vineyard. Unlike the western side of the vineyard, ironstone is all but exposed save for some small patches of sandy clay or loam.
‘As a young wine, the typical dark fruit aromas are elusive, but on the palate, the power and concentration of the fruit unfold, with big soft tannins so typical from this site, and the iron-like sanguine finish. A wine made to sustain the years ahead.’
Peter Fraser, Yangarra winemaker.
There are 100 hectares of vineyards at Yangarra divided into 35 individual blocks. The fruit for the Ironheart is sourced from Block 18, a mere 1.8 hectares of what the winery describes as their ‘most elite Shiraz’ vines and produces wines of power, elegance and longevity. So very clearly inspired by the wines of the Rhône.
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Expert Review
James Halliday
Fermented with 25% whole bunches; matured in French puncheons for seven months (35% new), then transferred to Austrian and French foudre for 12 months. The sandy ironstone soil is the key driver here, with a lilting fragrance combined with rocky ferrous notes, blackberry, blueberry, tar, tapenade, anise, iodine and a briary herbal complexity. Oak is well integrated, though more time is needed to cohere in general, as this is fashioned to age, and it will do so impressively.
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Expert Review
Ned Goodwin MW
This wine has a fuller body and more obvious extract than its elegant King's Wood sibling. Firmer tannins, too. There are heady aromas of violets, licorice, charcuterie and boysenberries. There is a hint of reduction and barrel-ferment smokiness marking the mid-palate, but this is a classy, polished shiraz with immense flavors and personality. It is clearly built for the mid-term cellar. In '22 this shiraz may well be the superior variety from this site. From biodynamically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but best from 2027.
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