Woods Crampton Light Pass Single Vineyard Shiraz 2021
- 93
- $35
- Drink by: 2022-2032
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The fruit here is sourced from a single vineyard located in the highly regarded Light Pass sub-region of the Barossa. The yield was a meagre two tonnes per acre with 15% whole bunches incorporated in the ferment. The fruit went to two-tonne open fermenters and was hand-plunged twice daily. Maturation was in large French oak casks, 25% new, for a year. Only 500 cases made.
An opaque maroon in colour, the aromas are just what you expect/hope for from a quality Barossa Shiraz – chocolate, black fruits, mocha, plums and coffee beans with a touch of aniseed. This is rich, ripe and fully flavoured with dark berries emerging on the palate. The structure is seamless, through to silky tannins. The wine also shows some unexpected refinement. A cracking Barossa Shiraz- love it – drink over the next ten years, if you wish.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
