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Blend
Shiraz (100%), CANBERRA DISTRICT
Season
The 2021/22 growing season presented good conditions for vine health in the Canberra District. A moist Spring and Summer and temperate conditions in late summer allowed the grapes to ripen in stress-free conditions, producing shiraz grapes with fantastic spice, flesh, density and backbone.
Viticulture
The Marked Tree Red comprises hand-worked parcels of shiraz from vineyards in and around Murrumbateman. The mix of granite and shale soils produce fruit which is both perfumed and elegantly structured as well as savoury, textured and rich.
Winemaking
The grapes were hand-harvested at between 12.5 and 13.5 Baume. Fermentation with whole bunches took place in open fermenters which were worked to extract flavour and tannin. Parcels went through a malolactic fermentation and ageing in a mix of new and seasoned Allier and Troncais oak. Blending and bottling took place in March 2023.
Taste
The wine’s lively crimson colour is accompanied by a fragrant bouquet of dark cherry, blackberry, pepper and aniseed, with a savoury, textured mouthfeel. Although weighted for early drinking, the 2022 Marked Tree Red has a sturdy spine and will age gracefully.
Praise for previous vintages:
2021 release: 95 points, Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion.
The Marked Tree Red (vintages ’05, ’09, ’15) took out the Red Wine of Provenance Trophy at the 2016 National Wine Show of Australia. Gold medal, 2019 Royal Sydney Wine Show (2018 vintage). Rudy Komon Perpetual Memorial Trophy for a mature red wine, 2011 Sydney Royal Wine Show (2009 vintage). Halliday Wine Companion, 97 points (2019 vintage). NSW Wine of the Year, 2007 (2005 vintage).
