Atlas 429 Shiraz 2018
$35.99
SPECIAL BUY 6 or more. Very smart Single vineyard Shiraz
Description
Winemaker Adam Barton after working for Scarpantoni (McLaren Vale), Rolf Binder (Barossa), Wynns Coonawarra Estate and iconic Bonny Doon (California) wasted no time to complete a winemaking degree at Adelaide University. Atlas Wines began on a 26-acre block of land, a vineyard planted with Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, on the eastern slopes of the Clare Valley. The year was 2007. Adam Barton and Amy Lane made an investment in Clare and an investment in their future. Their vision for Atlas was pretty simple: to produce great wine from the highest-quality fruit from vineyards with exceptional provenance. Adam has come to understand the complexity and diversity of the Clare Valley, and how the unique characteristics of different sites produce fruit with distinctive qualities. It’s these qualities that they have sought to express through the wines they have made. As such, the Atlas house style is a carefully composed mosaic of the region. It is a true boutique producer. The red wines, sourced primarily from White Hut in the north and Leasingham in the south, are elegant yet powerful, and well structured; the whites, sourced from several sites at Watervale are finely structured, aromatic and pure.
Not suprising James Halliday rated them a 5 Red Star Winery saying “...The quality of the wines is extraordinarily good and extraordinarily consistent.”
Alongside this range is a selection of single-vineyard wines, only produced when a vineyard’s fruit is worthy of celebration on its own. Adam’s approach in these cases is to nurture these grapes through the winemaking process with attention to detail and minimal intervention to produce wines with character and that have the capacity to age.
Made with fruit hand-picked from the oldest dry-grown Shiraz vines at their vineyard in White Hut in the Clare Valley. The vines grow in a mosaic of friable red loam and clay, with gravel and quartz, and patches of slate. These soils are tough, bony and low-yielding, producing fruit with character, exceptional power and intensity.
35 year old estate grown vineyard, 5 % whole bunch, wild ferment and aged in 20-30% new French oak.
This wine is dense purple/black in the glass. It displays a complex, perfumed nose of dense brambly fruit, mocha and aniseed with hints of vanilla and mint. The palate is plush and full with flavours of black plum, dark chocolate and liquorice. Mouth-coating, velvety tannins give the wine great power and drive, and will allow it a long life in the cellar.
Review for 2017 .. 95 points, Jane Faulkner for Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion “The darkest ruby hue entices so too the ripe plum flavours, all spicy with licorice even a umami soy-sauce character that’s appealing. It’s fuller-bodied with a sheen across the palate meeting up with textural tannins somewhat bolstered by 15% new French oak hogsheads/puncheons. Everything in place.”
RRP $42 Our Special Price $35.99 when you buy 6 or more of this wine
Additional information
Producer | Atlas |
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Region or Country | Australia, Clare Valley |
Variety | Shiraz |
Vintage | 2018 |
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