2016 Alpha Crucis Winemakers Series Shiraz - Kerri Thompson
Kerri is the owner of and winemaker for Wines by KT in the Clare Valley.
Harvest date: 12 February 2015.
Rows: 2, 8, 14, 20, 26 and 32.
Method: The grapes were 100% hand picked, with 40% whole bunch method. It was fermented on a small amount of Riesling skins (a handful of buckets), which were placed at the bottom of the fermenter prior to the Shiraz fruit going in. It fermented on skins for 2 weeks with a natural yeast ferment. The only addition was a small sulfur addition. It was pressed into French oak barrels of which 30% were new and the rest were second use. The wine was not fined or filtered.