Jekyll & Hyde
Shiraz Viognier 2021
This is a wine that is both complex and paradoxical. Dark plus light equals even darker. In this case our red Shiraz when co-fermented with the white variety Viognier creates something quite different to either – darker, richer, and more intense – this transfiguration transcends expectation. A bi-polar wine which will hold your interest with a harmonious coalescence of flavours. The question now is which variety is Dr Jekyll and which Mr Hyde?
Vegan friendly
Winemaker's Notes
There aren’t many occasions where adding a lighter colour leads to one which is darker, however the Jekyll is just that kind of paradox. By co-fermenting the two varieties the Viognier skins help form more stable complexes, and thereby a darker colour. There are other changes too that modulate and intensify flavour; all part of the strange case that is Jekyll and Hyde.
Bouquet & Palate
Lifts like a bouquet of flowers being gently but insistently pushed into your face, smudging your senses with florals. Violets, vanilla, pink rose, camomile and apple blossom. A wonderfully soft palate, all petals and no thorns. Lighter red fruits carry the florals on through the palate, raspberry and wine gums. Inflections of lighter spices, cinnamon and cardamon. The finish vanilla and lingering.
Food Match
Spiced slow roast lamb, mushroom beet risotto as a side or a mains.
Technical Details
- Type: Red
- Varietal: Blend
- Region: South Australia
- Appellation: McLaren Vale
- Vintage: 2021
- Bottling Date: 07/10/2022
- Harvest Date: 10/03/2021