ONE 2013
Langhorne Creek
The best grapes from the finest vineyards in Langhorne Creek are recruited to create Heartland One. 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Shiraz, a long and relatively cool ripening season allowed for full development of the fruit flavors. The wines retain their natural acidity while conveying the full range of fruit flavors and deep colors.
VINEYARD
The best grapes from the finest vineyards in Langhorne Creek are recruited to create Heartland One. The vineyards are also notably affected by the The “Lake Doctor” phenomenon, a cool ocean breeze that comes across the nearby and substantial Lake Alexandrina every afternoon and moderates temperatures, bringing them down 30-40 degrees. The overall heat that vineyards see, as a result, in some years is more equivalent to a cool climate region like Alsace, yet the fruit still achieves fantastic, intense ripeness.
WINEMAKING
The fruit was harvested at night and then crushed to small open top fermenters. After 24 hours of skin contact, fermentation was commenced with our Rhône isolate yeast. Following 8 days of cool fermentation on skins and hand-plunging three times daily, the wine was transferred to new oak hogsheads (both French and American) for malolactic transformation, racking and a further 14 months of maturation.
VINTAGE
Spring frosts and the nature of the old vines combined offer us only the smallest of harvests for Heartland One in 2013. Although quantities were very low, the gentle ripening season has yielded a wine of enormous potential. The sheer intensity of this wine and its multilayered collection of herbs and spices that track the unstoppable expansion of fruit on the palate.
TASTING NOTE
The sheer intensity of this wine in its youth tends to obscure the multilayered collection of herbs and spices that track the unstoppable expansion of fruit on the palate. This densely purple wine of powerful dark fruit is complemented by velvety texture and a complex and lingering finish.
Color
Red
Grape Varieties
Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz
Appellation
Langhorne Creek
Suggested Retail Price
$95.00
Reviews
"Concentrated cassis and vanilla flavors coat the palate"
Wine Enthusiast - August 7, 2018 “This is a throwback to those brash, flavor-exuding Aussie wines of the past. Flashy, sweet-scented oak (think maple syrup and toasted coconut) marks the nose, while concentrated cassis and vanilla flavors coat the palate. This is big, but gorgeously so, with velvety-rich tannins and a long, plush finish. No, there’s nothing subtle about this blend of 60% Cabernet and 40% Shiraz, but sometimes subtlety is overrated. Drink now–2030.”