SERAFINO SHARKTOOTH SHIRAZ 2019

Serafino’s flagship Shiraz is bunch–thinned the best rows of fruit from their Willunga Sharktooth vineyard, named after the giant fossilised Megalodon tooth discovered there in the 1980s. This prehistoric ancestor of the Great White Shark measured some 25 metres in length.

Winery notes (2019 Vintage)
"Lifted aromatics of blackberry fruits complemented by oak nuances of mocha and spice, derived from French oak. This is a full bodied, rich and intense Shiraz with powerful red berry fruits and minted chocolate. Lifted spice intertwines with silky tannins that carry a generosity of fruit sweetness and exquisite length across the palate. The brightness of fruit is long and textured with seamless integration of oak finishing with a savoury earthy chocolate richness.

On arrival to the winery, the Shiraz grapes were destemmed and received an initial 36 hour cold soak on skins. The cold soak commences the process of building brightness and depth of flavours. Following, the wine was fermented on skins in our small batch open fermenters. The fermentation took place for a period of nine days with regular cap punching and daily pump overs. We practice cap punching and regular pump overs to build tannins, colour pigments and flavours. Completion of primary fermentation, the wine was pressed off skins and allowed to complete malolactic fermentation. The wine was then racked to a combination of new and older French and American oak hogsheads, for a further 24 months."

Reviews for the 2018 vintage below…

5 Stars & 95/100 Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, March 2023 (2018 Vintage)
"This is opulent and delicious, showing rich fruit intensity, vanillin oak, toasted spice and mocha notes on the nose, leading to a concentrated palate displaying plush texture and layers of fine tannins. Robust and structured with a sustained satisfying finish. At its gest: now to 2033."

Rated Excellent & 93/100 Cameron Douglas MS, March 2023 (2018 Vintage)
"Aromas of black currant and dark plum, iron-sand and clove spices from oak, varietal, fresh, fruity and new. On the palate a dry wine with a core of redberries, black currant and dried raspberry, there’s some plum notes and textures from tannins layering in with easy. Acidity provides contrast and back bone. A well made wine, balanced and ready to drink from 2022 through 2028. Perhaps best enjoyed with food. A balanced and well made wine overall."