2021 Barossa Valley Vintage Report
Following two particularly dry seasons, many were hoping for Mother Nature to be much kinder, and mostly she was. Winter rainfall in 2020 recorded 148mm, the same as winter 2019, (22% below average). The majority of this rainfall was in the latter half of August, with the rain continuing into September and October. This was ideal timing to replenish soil profiles to field capacity moving into budburst in O...
This wine is rich and deeply coloured. The nose is brimming with juicy sweet plum, red cherries and an underlay of fragrant herbs. The palate is expressive and generous with meaty notes and plush tannins which carry through to the long and elegant finish.
At Charles Melton, all grapes are dry grown and harvested from the estate's own 50 acres of vineyards as well as from a select group of growers. For the 2021 vintage, much of the fruit for `Grains of Paradise` was sourced from Charlie's vineyard at Rowland Flat, planted in 1927 on clay loam soils. The rest of the fruit is sourced from the `Kirche` vineyard in Krondorf. Most of this vineyard sits on sandy loam and red clay, with the edge on the eastern side heading into the seam of black cracking clay (Bay of Biscay). It is named `Kirche`, German for church, because it surrounds the Zum Kripplen Christi Lutheran Church, built in 1864.
To exemplify the classic Barossa Shiraz style, gentle cap management is practised to get full colour and flavour extraction. The wine was then transferred to mainly American oak barriques, of which 15% were new, to age on the lees for 28 months. No fining or filtration was carried out prior to bottling.
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