Paul Osicka 'Major's Creek' Shiraz 2017 girlan the choice of large casks

the choice of large casks

Here's a wine of incomparable nobility and length with pulpy and delicate flesh

for 16-18 months prior to assemblage

mature hard cheeses

It finishes with a touch of chalky grip and good length

Paul Osicka 'Major's Creek' Shiraz 2017 girlan the choice of large casksThe 10 hectares of the single vineyard, mature (60 year old), dry grown Shiraz was hand picked in separate parcels, reflecting the different soil types. Each parcel imparts its own character into the final blend. The wines were fermented in one and two tonne open fermenters using different treatments including some inclusion of whole bunches on a couple of parcels. The wines all spent between 3 to 4 weeks on skins before being batched based on