The Wine Advocate | RP 93+
Published: Aug 24, 2023

The 2021 Samantha’s Garden Shiraz hails from the Clare Valley, and with it comes dark chocolate, garden mint, velvety tannins and a lush/plush fruit profile. I love this series for the distinction of regional characters that each of the wines possess; the success of the series is the accurate portrayal of each region in the glass. The middle palate is where this wine really shines—it is chewy and induces another hasty sip. Very smart.
Drink Date: 2021 - 2030

Winemaker

SAMANTHA'S GARDEN is made from our finest barrels of Clare Valley Shiraz

An elegant style that is typical of the Clare Valley region, characterised by bright lively aromas, subtle fruit flavours and fine grained tannins. Produced from the fruit of up to three distinct sub-regions with vastly different soil profiles. The elevation of these sites give the wine a more natural acidity and provide a natural lively fine-bone profile. Between Adelaide and the Clare Valley the landscape is sea of golden yellow wheat fields, an obvious choice for this label’s colour.

TASTING NOTES:
Written by Two Hands Proprietor Michael Twelftree in 2022

COLOUR: Deep concentrated purple to black hues
AROMA: Exciting aromas of rhubarb, dark cherries, warm bark, glazed fruits, blue berries, cedar, backed by cracked pepper and incense
PALATE: “The fruit lays across the palate very evenly, it is is poised and sophisticated on entry. Clare Valley’s hallmark signature characteristics of soft, feminine and smooth wine is the order of the day. Samantha’s Garden has a gentle and caressing nature, and flavours build layer after layer of persistent fruit.
There is a lot to love here, the evenness, and that every element is here with a little bit of restraint. The juicy fruits turn dry in the late palate and the tannins are fine, delicate and offer a lovely
velvety texture on finish. This wine is built for the long haul in a cellar, it has all the necessary elements for a wine to have a very long life. Personally, I love the red wines of Clare Valley, they
have an inner nerve and energy that shows how brilliant Shiraz from a cool and elevated region can hold restraint and elegance. They have the ability to also never become over blown or hard
work on the palette. Seamlessness is the best way to describe the sensation I find for the best red wines of Clare, and our 2021 Samantha’s has it in spades.” - MT

WINEMAKING
Crushed and fermented in a five tonne open top fermenter with regular pump overs (twice daily) to control fermantaion, extract colour, flavour and tannins.
Average time ‘on skins’ was 10 days before the dry free run juice was drained to tank and the pressings combined. The wine was then racked to barrel, where malolactic fermentation took place.
Samantha’s Garden was bottled unfined and unfiltered.
MATURATION: Aged for 18 months in 2-6 year old French oak hogsheads, with 15% new French oak.