'The Crossing' Shiraz 2018 White Wine

'The Crossing' Shiraz 2018 White WineThe 2018 'The Crossing' Shiraz is the product of a delightful vintage from the Turners Crossing vineyard at Serpentine, Central Victoria. The shiraz fruit is from low yielding vines and was harvested at the appropriate time to ensure optimum balance, ripeness and intensity of flavour. The fruit was transferred without de stemming, to open fermenters on arrival at the winery, where it remained for 3 weeks; plunged and pumped over 3 times per day, every

The Vintage: The 2018 vintage was fast paced

Aroma: Typically Picolit offers aromas of honey

but will most likely continue to improve for 3-4 years

Expect blackberry

Consistent irrigation ensured full fruit development and flavour with high yields

The vineyard itself rests on the banks of the Loddon River some 45km northwest of Bendigo where the soil is typically a medium clay loam infused with a ridge of limestone pebbles that influences a neutral pH across the profile

violet and clove

mulberry and ripe plums

this beautiful wine showcases the Turners Crossing single vineyard from one of Bendigo’s best vintages

mille-feuille and vanilla bean ice cream with caramel sauce

Palate: This Shiraz is a balance wine of lovely intense fruit flavours and is tightly packed full of black fruit

before being racked and returned to oak for 17 months maturation