H-Block Shiraz Cabernet

Rated
5/5

Winery: Hentley Farm

Region: Barossa Valley

Variety: Cabernet Blend

Wine Type: Red

Price Guide: $220

   

Wine

Hentley Farm H-Block Cabernet Shiraz is sourced from a single block on the banks of Greenock Creek, where Otto Kasper planted two Cabernet parcels and a Shiraz parcel side by side.

This wine is effectively a blend of Hentley Farm's two flagships: Clos Otto Shiraz and von Kasper Cabernet Sauvignon. Each component is vinified separately.

The Cabernet and Shiraz are destemmed and fermented with 2-3 pump overs daily, ensuring full tannin structure is achieved. Each parcel is pressed to French oak barrels, two thirds new, for natural malolactic fermentation.

Once the parcels are racked off lees, each variety is returned to oak. At six months, the Cabernet and Shiraz are blended and returned to barrel. In total the wine spends 22 months in oak.

Deep dark crimson, Hentley Farm H-Block Cabernet Shiraz has dense fruit flavours, grippy tannins and lingering earthy characters.

A classic Australian blend. Cellaring potential is 20 years.

Vintages

2020          
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019  
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014  

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