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Heartland - Director's Cut - Shiraz 2013
- Producer Heartland Wines
- Blend 100% Shiraz
- Country Australia
- Region South Australia
- Appellation Langhorne Creek
- UPC 9331276110027
Vintage
2013 is a gentle year that has yielded wines of great potential. The growing period presented a minor frost event in September and a cool early flowering period. Overall yields were 5% down. A dry lead up to harvest led to a frantic run between early February and late March, getting all the fruit in at the right time.
Estate
Owner and winemaker Ben Glaetzer's work in Langhorne Creek is one of the most exciting stories in Australia today. Heartland Wines came out of a lunch in 1999 between Ben and three friends, and a fear that rather than expressing the diversity of sites and rich history of the country, Australian wines were heading in a generic, commercial direction. Ben had grown excited at older, high quality vineyards he had seen in the cool-climate Langhorne Creek area, Australia's oldest settled wine region, one hour south of Adelaide and southeast of McLaren Vale. The Heartland Wines from Langhorne Creek display the originality and appeal of the area's regional and varietal characteristics – they are food-friendly, balanced wines
offering tremendous value.
Vinification
The grapes are selected from some of the best vineyards in the region. These vineyards are chosen for the consistent intensity and texture of the fruit. The strictest pruning techniques are used. The fruit for Directors' Cut Shiraz was harvested at night and then crushed to small open top stainless steel fermenters. After 24 hours of skin contact fermentation was commenced with Rhone isolate yeast. Following 8 days of cool fermentation on skins and hand-plunging 3 times daily, the wine was transferred to French and American oak hogsheads for 14 months maturation.
Wine
Directors' Cut is Heartland’s most powerful expression of Langhorne Creek. This isoft and generous vintage has allowed Directors' Cut Shiraz to display all its beauty