Koltz The Pagan Shiraz 2016

Koltz The Pagan Shiraz 2016"The Koltz wines are a sort all their own." Philip White Koltz The Pagan Shiraz is one of my favourite wines. Winemaker Mark Day selects the best shiraz from his vineyards in the Blewitt Springs area and dries them on racks for six to seven weeks prior to crushing and fermentation. The process is similar to that used in Valpolicella to produce Amarone. The result is always spectacular a superb full bodied Australian Shiraz, albeit with a distinctly

Scented with slightly minty nuances of violets and dried herbs

first adopting organic practices and then going biodynamic

"A year like 2021

While at the University of Turin he met Loredana

lime and mineral run through a wine of depth and power

The wine is named after pastoralist Joseph Keynes who settled at Keyneton in 1842 and after whom the village was named

Like a blanc de noirs

coupled with very fresh

elegance and suppleness

A hint of cassis and cedar on the long finish

The wine centres specifically on 10 key vineyards

Our wines are aged in French oak for almost two years - deep underground in the granite maturation cave