The Rascal

Name: The Rascal
Brand: Hugh Hamilton Wines
SKU: FLRAS-24
Price: 36.00 AUD
Availability: InStock

Shiraz 2024 - New Vintage

“Shiraz and McLaren Vale”. A famous pairing. Are there others? The Royal Family and Corgis? Gin and Tonic? Bogart and Bacall? But why the connection? Pedigree and history: the variety has shown its suitability for so long to the region’s maritime but warm climate, and old yet well-preserved soils, that it’s hard to imagine one without the other. Shiraz in McLaren Vale grows well, always ripens, and with correct vineyard management, produces wines of great depth, flavour and structure.

Vegan friendly

Winemaker's Notes

Hugh secured three of the very best vineyards in the Vale and dedicated himself, and those he trusted, to develop and work with these very particular parcels of land. The Rascal is a celebration of the three distinct styles that are achieved on these sites when the vines are tended carefully and the wine made with absolute respect for time and place.

Bouquet & Palate

Thunderous plums, iron, and blood, slowly yield to a gravel of blackberry, then a full field of wild violet bright red fruit, raspberry compote, and blackcurrant. Blueberry, nettles, and rhubarb. Notes of fresh turned soil and split redgum. Wood char. All this fresh luscious and lingering fruit rides purple-velvet svelte on an emery texture.