Hewitson Strawberry Hill Shiraz 2023

This wine only appears in the best vintages. It is named after an old strawberry patch which grows next to the vineyard providing this fruit. Fermented in open vats over a three week period, the team use whole berries as much as possible. Maturation is in French oak barrels of varying age, including a small percentage of new. The colour of the wine is a very dark mauve/maroon. This is a superb and finely crafted example of Barossa Valley Shiraz. The nose exhibits notes of chocolate, licorice, coffee beans, cassis and mocha. The oak has been expertly handled and the structure is seamless with a satiny, dense texture, leading to silky tannins. There is impeccable balance and great length to this wine. A gorgeous and stunning Shiraz with twenty years of great drinking in its future.