Ancient Earth
Members Only Shiraz 2024 - New Vintage
This is super juice! It is a quintessential McLaren Vale Shiraz taken from a selection of some of our best Shiraz parcels.
We don’t make much of this wine. That’s why it’s a Black Sheep Club exclusive. We made this beautiful wine for our favourite people to enjoy. It’s what we like to do
Vegan friendly
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A really great red wine for a cold winters day! Delicious!! - Tom
Winemaker's Notes
An assembly of excellent parcels sourced from a cross-section of McLaren Vale to create a regional expression of Shiraz. In contrast to the Black Bloods that highlight sub-regions, Ancient Earth aims to target the highest quality subregions across the entire area and blend them into a seamless representation of what the Vale does best.
Bouquet & Palate
Plums, cherries, strawberries, and blackcurrants; Compote plush. A sluice of fine fruit – ripe and ready. Leather, rose oil, split granite, pomegranate, and raspberry seed. Iodine and printers ink. Brown sugar, dates, and almond kernel. Skirmishes of fennel and french oak on a velvet field. A grand wave of fine tannin and fruit that floods the palate.
Food Match
Garlic butter roast portobello mushrooms with polenta, or Herb-crusted top loin beef roast - with all the sides.
Technical Details
- Type: Red
- Region: South Australia
- Appellation: McLaren Vale
- Vintage: 2024
- Bottling Date: 21/01/2026
- Harvest Date: 02/03/2024
- Maturation: 100% Oak Matured
- Cellaring Recommendation: 5 through 10 years
- Alcohol: 14.8
- pH: 3.51
- TA: 6.5
- RS: <2g/l
- Vegan Friendly: Yes