2022 Architects of Wine 'Sellicks Hill' Shiraz

Leaning more towards a Syrah rather than Shiraz, this is evocative, perfumed, cool climate Shiraz. Beautifully balanced, at the moment Shiraz, particularly cool climate is seriously underrated. 100% Destemmed, to keep those vegetal/stalky notes that you see so often in cool climate shiraz out of the picture. 

Deep and plush, this wine you can drink now- or lie down for definitely a few years. A fantastic winter warmer. 

'Architects Of Wine is the passion project of architect turned winemaker David Caporaletti. David’s dream came to fruition in early 2013 after a backyard hobby quickly became an obsession. It’s this experimentation that allows every release and vintage to be completely different and truly reflective of the years conditions. 

David's aims with AOW is to create interesting and textural wines with restraint, whilst maintaining transparent expressions of the vineyard, vintage and their individual terroir. The hands off approach to the winemaking allows the purity of the fruit to shine through. All wines are fermented on wild yeasts that are native to their respective vineyards, wines are neither fined or filtered which helps in retaining maximum flavour. There are no additions in the winery apart from small amounts of SO2 when deemed to be required. '

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Where:  Kaurna ( McLaren Vale | Sellicks Hill, SA)

When: 2022

What: Shiraz 

How: Spag Bol. Don't stress yourself with planning a crazy meal - this is a wine of comfort. Keep your ugg boots on.