97 Points
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96 Points

Yangarra Ironheart Shiraz 2022

SKU: YAIH202210 UCAU

~~$130.00~~ $119.99

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A wine of exceptional quality, expressive flavor profile, terroir-driven expression, age-worthy elegance, and sustainability commitment, it promises an unforgettable wine experience.

The Ironheart Shiraz 2022 boasts a rich and complex flavor profile, luscious blackberry and dark cherry notes that intertwine seamlessly with hints of spice, licorice, and dark chocolate.

The wine is carefully crafted to develop and evolve over time, allowing you to experience its full potential.

Critic Scores

97 // James Halliday's Wine Companion

"'22 was a cool year that produced some reticent but excellent grenache, while shiraz seemed to sail through untroubled. This is an infant, of course, but there’s a ready appeal not always seen at this stage, a meshing of red, blue and black fruits – ripe raspberry, blackberry, blueberry, tart boysenberry, red plum, black olive – with an overlay of baking spices, iodine, coffee grounds and beef bouillon. And iron, yes. It’s on the label. In the ground. In the wine. Here, the wine benefits from that soil transfer being elegant, filigreed, not rugged. It needs a little time to be its best, but it’s a superb release."

96 // Angus Hughson

"The expressive 2022 Shiraz Ironheart is rich yet measured with a powerfully expressive core of bloody ferrous aromas lifted by dark earth and crushed spice tones. There is a finer side—touches of dried violet, white pepper and coal fire— with significant underlying tension as it tightens up on the long, enthralling close."

96 // Stuart Knox

"Deep ruby with a hint of purple in the light. Blood plum, lavender bush, nori and blackberry pastille aromatics. Deep and powerful, dense black and blue fruits fill the senses, equally balanced by anise, blood, nori and black pepper spices. It builds and builds to a crescendo of flavour intensity, but remains unwavering and driven by powerful fine gravelly tannins. The length is prodigious, carrying the harmony long and lingering, eventually fading with a drying flourish."

96 // James Suckling

"Floral and perfumed with an underlying power, showing notes of mulberries, wild blackberries, Damson plums and cured meat. The palate is full-bodied with seamless tannins and bright acidity, giving robust notes of dark cherries, iodine, mocha, violets and ferric earth. Well balanced and structured. Very serious. Drink or hold. Screw cap."

Product Details

Red

2022

Shiraz

Yangarra Estate

McLaren Vale, South Australia, Australia

15 Plus Years

Stelvin

14.5%

750ml (Bottle)

In Stock

Biodynamic

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Description

2022 IRONHEART SHIRAZ
Ironheart is the flagship Shiraz from our single vineyard estate in Blewitt Springs at the northern edge of McLaren Vale. The vineyard’s northern aspect, higher elevation and sandy ironstone soils produce Shiraz with immense concentration and finesse.
VINTAGE SUMMARY
The 2022 growing season followed very similar conditions to 2021, though slightly cooler. There were favourable winter rains and a mild flowering and fruit set period. The cool ripening period took place between late January through to harvest in March. Yields were well balanced, and we were pleased with the fruit ripeness, intensity, freshness, and natural acidity. The 2022 Grenaches will be known for their low pH, resulting tight frame structure and their potential for longevity.
WINEMAKING
100% Shiraz. Hand-picked on 24th of March, 25% whole bunches, and the remainder destemmed, mechanically berry sorted, and crushed. Open fermenters and on skins for approximately 21 days. A gentle maceration principle of wetting the cap and only draining and returning as required. Wild yeast ferment. No pressings are used in this wine. Matured in French oak for a total of 19 months. Kept on lees for 12 months in French oak puncheons (35% new) and then blended to a 2 year old Austrian and French oak foudre and further matured for 7 months. Bottled November 2023. Certified Organic/Biodynamic.
Tasting Profile

Light

Full

Low Tannin

Tannic

Sweet

Dry

Low Acidity

High Acidity

Aroma:

Black Cherry, Chocolate, Savoury

Palate:

Black Cherry, Blackberry, Spice

Food Pairings:

Game

Pork

Red Meat

Tasting Notes

Description

2022 IRONHEART SHIRAZ

Ironheart is the flagship Shiraz from our single vineyard estate in Blewitt Springs at the northern edge of McLaren Vale. The vineyard’s northern aspect, higher elevation and sandy ironstone soils produce Shiraz with immense concentration and finesse.

VINTAGE SUMMARY

The 2022 growing season followed very similar conditions to 2021, though slightly cooler. There were favourable winter rains and a mild flowering and fruit set period. The cool ripening period took place between late January through to harvest in March. Yields were well balanced, and we were pleased with the fruit ripeness, intensity, freshness, and natural acidity. The 2022 Grenaches will be known for their low pH, resulting tight frame structure and their potential for longevity.

WINEMAKING

100% Shiraz. Hand-picked on 24th of March, 25% whole bunches, and the remainder destemmed, mechanically berry sorted, and crushed. Open fermenters and on skins for approximately 21 days. A gentle maceration principle of wetting the cap and only draining and returning as required. Wild yeast ferment. No pressings are used in this wine. Matured in French oak for a total of 19 months. Kept on lees for 12 months in French oak puncheons (35% new) and then blended to a 2 year old Austrian and French oak foudre and further matured for 7 months. Bottled November 2023. Certified Organic/Biodynamic.

Tasting Profile

Light
Full

Low Tannin
Tannic

Sweet
Dry

Low Acidity
High Acidity

Aroma:

Black Cherry, Chocolate, Savoury

Palate:

Black Cherry, Blackberry, Spice

Food Pairings:

Game

Pork

Red Meat

Yangarra Estate

Yangarra Estate is the Australian (specifically McLaren Vale) operation of Kendall-Jackson, one of the leading premium wine producers in California. In 2000 Kendall-Jackson acquired the 172ha Eringa Park vineyard from Normans Wines - the oldest of the vines date back to 1923! The renamed Yangarra Estate Vineyard is the estate base for the operation, which built a state-of-the-art premium red wine-making facility in 2010 and is moving to certified organic status with its vineyards. In 2012 it purchased the historic Clarendon Vineyard from the estate of the late Alan Hickinbotham and the winemaker is the brilliant Peter Fraser. James Halliday has said of the Estate - “I could write six columns about Yangarra Estate and winemaker Peter Fraser and still have more to say.”

Their Ironheart Shiraz is as good as any McLaren Vale Shiraz you'll come across and their minute production (think 160 cases only) of the High Sands Grenache is a remarkable rendition of old, old vine grenache. Their portfolio is incredibly strong from their entry levels through to the icons. If you haven't yet been introduced to their wines, you're in for a very nice surprise.

Congratulations to Peter Fraser who was named Winemaker of the Year in the 2016 Wine Companion!

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