{"product_id":"2023-shiraz","title":"2023 Shiraz","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVineyard:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2023 our own vineyard in Harcourt North was badly impacted by an early autumn hailstorm. The same day we finished putting our bird netting on, a hailstorm cell dropped pea size chunks of hail on our vineyard. The crop was totally decimated. Enter Gerard and Lucy Kennedy, who came to our rescue, offering us some Shiraz from their higher density planting in Colbinabbin. Gerard and Lucy have established their own vineyard, next to Gerard's family farm, planting Shiraz on a ridge of greenstone, overlooking the town of Colbo. My cellarhand, Celia, and I ascended the ridge, and saw the quality of the fruit - good enough for the Greek gods, so we cheekily named this wine Mt Olympus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWinemaking:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMade as an ode to the Northern Rhone masters, we cab mac the fruit for about two weeks, before gently foot stomping every few days for a couple of weeks. Gentle extraction builds tannin. Pressed to stainless to finish ferment, and racked to old puncheons and barriques for elevage. After around 12 months in old oak, the wine is racked to stainless for a couple weeks before bottling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBottled April 2024 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trutta Wine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45359606562992,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/5664\/7088\/files\/Trutta_Shiraz_JUN_20-020_Web.jpg?v=1695610116","url":"https:\/\/www.truttawines.com.au\/products\/2023-shiraz","provider":"Trutta Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}