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D'Arenberg The Footbolt McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017

D'Arenberg The Footbolt McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017

A consistently great McLaren Vale Shiraz. Generously rich with amazing fruit weight and balanced, chewy tanins. Brimming with ripe red fruits and an underlying layer of subtle oak, as well as a hint of pepper. This wine represents great value, and has a long life ahead of it... If you can resist!

Small batches of grapes are crushed gently and then transferred to five tonne headed down open fermenters. These batches remain separate until final blending. Foot treading is undertaken two thirds of the way through fermentation. The wine is then basket pressed and then transferred to a mixture of new and used French oak barriques to complete fermentation. The barrel ferments are aged on lees, and there is no racking until final blending. This wine does not undertake fining or filtration prior to bottling.

More info about this wine here: https://www.darenberg.com.au/assets/files/d'arenberg-the-originals-the-footbolt-shiraz-2017.pdf