Brown Magpie Single Vineyard Shiraz 2015

Brown Magpie Single Vineyard Shiraz 2015Brown Magpie is situated in Modewarre, near Geelong, which is in the hinterland of the Surf Coast and the Great Ocean Road. The vineyard was planted in 2001 and 2002 and is predominantly pinot noir (4ha), pinot gris (2. 4ha) and shiraz (2. 4ha). "Hand picked, small batch open fermented with 20% whole bunches and a high proportion of whole berries, matured in barrel for 15 months. The whole bunches helped balance the extract from post ferment

He said he was interested

All remaining vine material was selected from our own vineyards from preferred and monitored mother vines

and Jancis Robinson MW

something of an Italianate quality about it

which dates back to 1851

making a total of 130 acres—of which 36 acres are under vine and the remainder is maintained as grazing and cropping for cattle and horses

With a mixture of different clones and rootstocks

long-time friends of Rob and Meegan

it doesn’t get better than this

Planted: 1997

the palate has layers of dark berry fruits

The philosophy is to let the fruit speak for itself: gentle handling and as little intervention as possible