Latitude 34°38’10” South
Longitude 139°05’30” East
Altitude 1441 Feet = 440 Metres
The Red Queen of the Eden Valley vineyard was 98 years young in vintage 2009. From these ancient, gnarled vines, many over a hundred years of age, are not only surviving but thriving on their own roots in some of the oldest soils on the planet.
WINEMAKING
In the last week of March whole bunches of flavour ripe Shiraz were hand harvested, then gently crushed and naturally fermented in open fermenters for nine days, hand plunged twice a day, before careful basket pressing into new (75%) and older French Oak Barriques to finish fermentation. After 30 months maturation and a racking in the same oak, we bottled 2009 Red Queen of the Eden Valley Shiraz without filtration or fining, to capture the essence of the vineyard.
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Review by: Winestate Magazine
Latitude 34°38’10” South
Longitude 139°05’30” East
Altitude 1441 Feet = 440 Metres