Shiraz 2023

Tasting Notes

Sourced predominately from Woody Nook Wines original 1982 plantings of dry-grown, old vine Shiraz. This wine exhibits spice and a tinge of white pepper on the nose leading onto palate of black fruits and mulberry enhanced by vanillin, coconut and a slight char from the heavy toast American oak barriques.

Winemaking Notes

Woody Nook Wines Shiraz 2023 was made from low yielding, hand-picked grapes from two vineyards on the Woody Nook estate; the non-irrigated, original 1982 Gallagher “Drive” block and the younger, 2007 planted, Joliffe “Block # 7”. A total of 4.72 tonne of shiraz grapes were hand-picked between 11^th – 13^th April 2023, destemmed and crushed into an open fermenter, 150 litres per tonne of juice was drained off to concentrate the skins to juice ratio, inoculated with Syrah yeast and fermented on skins for thirteen days with twice daily pump overs and hand plunging. The wine was then pressed to tank to complete primary and malo-lactic fermentation before racking to 11 barriques (20% new American oak, Canton) for seventeen months maturation. The wine was then filtered and bottled (unfined) in December 2024.

235 cases were produced.

Accolades

95 points – Ray Jordan WA Wine Review 2026

All wine is sold by the case. (multiples of 12 mix or match bottles)