A Mary Poppins kind of vintage; practically perfect! Good winter and early spring rains were followed by a generally dry and mild growing season. After the leaner vintages of 2019 and 2020 it was nice to see a return to long-term average crop levels. We had a slow and steady ripening period without any excessive heat spikes which has resulted in super varietal fruit intensity and balanced natural acidity.

Single Vineyard Shiraz

Our inspiration for bottling small volumes of Shiraz from single vineyards was the Scarce Earth program, which was a McLaren Vale initiative exploring and celebrating the geological climatic and soil diversity of the region. This program has been mothballed for now, but we have continued to bottle small volumes of these single vineyard wines.

Soil Type:          Urrbrae stony loam

Geology:            Christies Beach formation, Quaternary period

Elevation:          138 metres

Vine Age:           Planted 1972 (52 years old)

Vine clone:         unknown heritage

Soils

Edgehill comprises predominantly free-draining Urrbrae stony loam and well-drained clays interspersed with a large amount of various types of stones. This soil is very well-drained which vines like, but at the same time has good water holding properties. 

 Winemaking

Edgehill Shiraz is made using Shiraz grapes grown exclusively on the Edgehill vineyard which is over the road from the home block where cellar door is located. It has been hand-made, hand bottled and is unfiltered. The wine was open fermented then matured in a mixture of 50% new French and older oak.