Wine Specs
Vintage
2004
Varietal
100% Shiraz
Appellation
McLaren Vale
Vineyard Designation
Little Falls, McLaren Vale
pH
3.54
Alcohol %
14.7
Shingleback D Block Shiraz Magnum 2004
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The 2004 growing season was climatically normal, with good spring growth and a long, dry Autumn. Ripening was slightly later than usual, with whites being picked in mid-March and reds in late March to late April. If there is one word to describe the 2004 vintage, it's fruitful. Although it's common to thin fruit from young vines, in the 2004 growing season one third of the crop was removed from even the oldest vines, just prior to veraison. The end result was small berries with intense fruit flavours which will rival the outstanding 2002 vintage.
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Black cherry red. Primary and blackberry fruit aromas are highlighted with notes of summer roses and star anise. 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.
Vineyard Notes
The 2004 growing season was climatically normal, with good spring growth and a long, dry Autumn. Ripening was slightly later than usual, with whites being picked in mid-March and reds in late March to late April. If there is one word to describe the 2004 vintage, it's fruitful. Although it's common to thin fruit from young vines, in the 2004 growing season one third of the crop was removed from even the oldest vines, just prior to veraison. The end result was small berries with intense fruit flavours which will rival the outstanding 2002 vintage.
Production Notes
*No animal products were used in the crafting of this wine.
Winemaker Notes
In a small niche of the Davey Family Vineyard the soil, climate and Shiraz variety combine to create something special: the fruit that is ultimately
hand crafted to become D Block Reserve 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 one year old barrels, crafted by select coopers to our require-
ments, 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 D Block Reserve Shiraz.
Other Notes
The region has a Mediterranean climate with wet winters, dry summers and plenty of sunshine.
The proximity to St Vincent Gulf, coincidentally named after the patron saint of winemakers,
benefits fruit quality with warmer spring and autumn conditions and cooler summers.
McLaren Vale is renowned as a premium wine region of great beauty that consistently produces
high quality, richly flavoured wines.