Grant Burge Miamba Shiraz, Barossa Valley

Description

Grant Burge Miamba Shiraz a single vineyard Barossa wine and part of Grant Burge’s Vineyard Range of wines. The fruit for the Grant Burge Miamba Shiraz is grown mainly in the Miamba vineyard, at the southern end of the Barossa, near Lyndoch. The Miamba Vineyard has a long viticultural history, but when Grant bought it in 1983 it was completely bare. Careful planting and sustainable practices have returned this block to its former glory. After crushing and de-stemming, the fruit was fermented in 4, 7 and 11 tonne fermenters and pumped over 3 times daily for 8 days to extract colour and flavour as well as helping control the temperature of the ferment. This wine was pressed directly into a combination of new and older European oak hogsheads to complete both fermentation and secondary malolactic fermentation. These components then remained in oak for several months before being blended. The entire blend was then transferred back into oak where it was left to mature for a further 18 months before bottling.