Home Block Shiraz 2018
Home Block Shiraz 2018
New Release
For information regarding previous vintages please contact the winery on info@foresterestate.com.au
Tasting Notes
| Vintage |
2018 |
| Grape variety | 100% Shiraz |
| Oak maturation | 64% new and 36% older French |
| Alcohol | 13.5% Alc/Vol |
| Release date | January 2019 |
| Colour |
Deep red with purple hue |
| Aroma |
Concentrated and fragrant with rich, ripe fruit characters of plum and boysenberry with balanced toasty oak, gravox, pepper and aniseed. |
| Palate | Rich and full with polished fine tannins and a soft textured palate. There are fruit characters of plum and boysenberry along with aniseed and gravox. A fragrant and complex wine drinking well upon release but will gain further complexity with age. |
| Food matches | Seared prime beef and roasted root vegetables. |
| Peak drinking |
Drinking well now but will show further integration over the next 6-8 years |
Winemaker Comments
Viticulture
The Home Block Shiraz vineyard comprises 0.7 ha of open lyre, minimal irrigated vines planted on ironstone gravel over deep friable loam. Judicious shoot and bunch thinning is always used to maintain a very light crop which was hand picked in early March of 2018. Harvested at 13º Baume the fruit exhibited intensely concentrated flavour and colour.
Winemaking
The hand picked fruit was harvested early in the morning and processed straight away. 5% whole bunches, including stalks were placed into the bottom of the fermenter before filling. The remaining fruit was de stemmed into the small open fermenter with heading down board, which keeps the cap fully submerged between drain and returns. After nine days of fermentation, the fruit was pressed into a blend of new and used French Burgundian barrels. 36% of the barrels were filled with full solids, where they were stirred on lees to add texture and complexity.
Storage / Bottling
Maturation lasted 14 months before the wine was carefully blended and bottled. Bottled under screw cap to retain freshness in a premium Burgundy bottle. Held in bottle for approximately 6 months prior to release.
Awards & Achievements
James Halliday Wine Companion
2014 Home Block Shiraz 92 Points
2012 Home Block Shiraz 96 Points
2011 Home Block Shiraz 95 Points
2010 Home Block Shiraz 92 Points
2009 Home Block Shiraz 90 Points
2008 Home Block Shiraz 90 Points
2007 Home Block Shiraz 94 Points
2004 Home Block Shiraz 90 Points
2003 Home Block Shiraz 94 Points
2002 Home Block Shiraz 93 Points
2018 Home Block Shiraz
Wine Show of Western Australia 2019 | Bronze
Royal Hobart Wine Show 2019 | Bronze
Australian Small Winemakers Show 2019 | Bronze
2016 Home Block Shiraz
Decanter World Wine Awards 2019 | Silver
London International Wine Challenge 2019 | Silver
Sydney Royal Wine Show 2019 | Bronze
Royal Hobart Wine Show 2019 | Bronze
Margaret River Wine Show 2018 | Bronze
Wine Show of Western Australia 2018 | Bronze
Margaret River Wine Show 2017 | Bronze
Wine Show of WA Mount Barker 2017 | Bronze
2014 Home Block Shiraz
Silver Medal – International Wine & Spirit Competition 2018
Silver Medal – London International Wine Challenge 2018
Silver Medal – International Wine & Spirit Competition 2017
Silver Medal – Royal Perth Wine Show 2016
Bronze – Decanter World Wide Awards 2018
Bronze – Royal Hobart Wine Show 2016
Bronze – Royal Queensland Wine Show 2017
Bronze – Margaret River Wine Show 2015
2012 Home Block Shiraz
Silver Medal – London International Wine Show 2016
Silver Medal Outstanding – International Wine & Spirit Competition 2016
2011 Home Block Shiraz
95 Points – James Halliday Wine Companion 2015
“Hand-picked from a 0.7ha block, destemmed, then into open fermenters with heading down boards for 7 days, thence to French oak (part new) for 20 months, some on lees. Bright crimson-purple; a sure-footed, classy shiraz with juicy red and black fruits providing half the action, the other half by quality tannins and integrated oak. The modest alcohol is a pleasure to deal with. Drink by 2031.”
Gold Medal Outstanding – International Wine & Spirits Competition 2015
Silver Medal – Australian Small Winemakers Show 2013
Bronze Medal – Qantas Mount Barker Wine Show 2013
Bronze Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2013
Commended – International Wine Challenge 2013
2010 Home Block Shiraz
Gold Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA Mount Barker 2013
Silver Medal Outstanding – International Wine & Spirits Competition 2014
Bronze Medal – Cowra Wine Show 2012
Bronze Medal – Australian Small Winemakers Show 2012
2009 Home Block Shiraz
Bronze Medal – Cowra Wine Show 2011
Bronze Medal – Mount Barker Wine Show 2011
2008 Home Block Shiraz
Gold Medal – Scoop Magazine Tasting 2010
Silver Medal – Cowra Wine Show 2010
Bronze Medal – Qantas Wine Show 2010
4 1/2 Stars – Winestate Magazine 2010
2007 Home Block Shiraz
Silver Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2010
Silver Medal – International Wine & Spirit Comp 2009
92 Points, Nick Stock: WINE100, December 2009
91 Points, Gary Walsh: The Wine Front
3 stars, Winestate Magazine Best of the West 2010
2006 Home Block Shiraz
No Home Block Shiraz made
2005 Home Block Shiraz
Minimal quantity made
2004 Home Block
86 Points, Campbell Mattinson: The Wine Front
Bronze Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA 2008
Bronze Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA 2007
2003 Home Block Shiraz
Bronze Medal – Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2005
Bronze Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA 2006
93 Points, Tim White: Australian Financial Review 4/2/08
89 Points: Ray Jordan’s Guide to Wine 05/06
2002 Home Block Shiraz
93 Points, James Halliday: 2005 Wine Companion
2001 Home Block Shiraz
Silver Medal – Sydney Royal Wine Show 2003
Bronze Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2002
93 Points, Philip White: Adelaide Advertiser 2003
