Henschke Five Shilling Shiraz Mataro Barossa 750mL

Henschke Five Shilling Shiraz Mataro Barossa 750mL

Product Information Vintage 2018 Grape varieties 70% Shiraz 30% Mataro Technical Details Alcohol 14.5%pH 3.55Acidity 6.1g/L750mL Harvest Date 14 March - 18 April Maturation Matured in 100% seasoned (78% French, 22% American) oak hogsheads for 8 months prior to blending and bottling. Background Five Shillings pays tribute to Paul Gotthard, the second-generation Henschke winemaker of the early Barossa Lutheran pioneers of South Australia. In 1862 he and his pioneering father Johann Christian established the Henschke winery in the high country of the historic Eden Valley, planted seven acres of vines, and in 1868 sold the first wines. In 1873, after a transfer of five shillings, he continued on the winemaking tradition from his father and began to build a reputation for quality wines. Among the first wines they produced in the 1860s were ‘dry white’ (likely made from riesling) and ‘dry red’ (likely made from shiraz and mataro). This wine replicates the blend of Gotthard's early ‘dry reds’ and is produced from low yielding, ungrafted, biodynamically grown Eden Valley shiraz planted on 540 million-year-old red-brown earths, and blended with mataro growing on the sandy soils of the Barossa Valley. The exceptional quality of the fruit in 2016 has allowed the Henschke family to make a special limited production of this wine.