Description
This wine celebrates the partnership forged by two brothers over 150 years ago on their journey from Sussex to Australia that laid the foundation of our family’s history in the Clare Valley. Fruit sourced from two single vineyards in the Clare Valley that produce low-yielding and highly concentrated fruit. Our Shiraz from our dry grown vineyard has been blended with the Mataro from a high western facing Polish Hill River Vineyard which adds an earthy complexity to the richness of the Shiraz that balances well together like a good partnership should to produce a wine of elegance.
Shiraz is dry grown and maintained with organic principles. Hand picked and then de-stemmed and pumped into 3 tonne open fermenters. Hand plunged twice a day to break the cap and assisted with skin contact. Left on skins for 10 days before lightly basket pressed and pumped into tank for secondary malolactic fermentation. Then placed into new and old French Oak barrique barrels for 16 months.
Mataro is fermented on skins for 11 days, and then after MLF transferred to a mix of 3 & 5 year old French oak for 16 months.
Current Vintage Coming Soon – Dec 2023
2022 Sussex Squire The Partnership Shiraz Mataro
Fruit sourced from two dry grown single vineyards in the Clare Valley, with Shiraz produced from dry grown low-yielding and highly concentrated dark red and blue fruit. The Mataro adds length and softens the finish with earthy complexity to the richness of the Shiraz that balances well together like a good partnership should.
65% Shiraz 35%Mataro
Food Match: Great with Braised Beef Short Ribs.
Drink Now or Cellar 10yrs +
pH – 3.44
TA – 6.73
Alc – 14.5%
Drink Now or Cellar 10yrs +
AWARDS –
2019 Vintage
92pts – The Wine Front – Mike Bennie
2018 Vintage
SILVER MEDAL – Australian Small Winemakers Show Oct 2019
92pts – The Wine Front – Campbell Mattinson
From two dry-grown vineyards in the Clare Valley. All into French oak.
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