Grape Variety:               Shiraz 42%, Mataro 30%, Grenache 28%

Vintage:                        2022

The Moonlight Run was our midnight drive back to the Barossa after working vintage in the Clare Valley in 1999. We would crave a soft slurpy wine to wash down a hard night’s work, so we decided to make our own. We take inspiration from Southern Rhone wines and this is our take on them.          

Sub Regions:                 Tanunda, Lyndoch, Greenock, Koonunga Hill

Winemaking:                The 2022 vintage gave some light and fragrant wines, allowing our first Shiraz dominant Barossa blend. Shiraz from the clay and limestone of Greenock, coupled with some red berried Shiraz from Tanunda provides a svelte and linear component to this Rhone styled blend. Mataro from dry grown vines on the red clay soils of Koonunga Hill, fermented with 30% whole cluster inclusion, adds the tannin backbone. Old vine Grenache from the Western ridge behind Lyndoch, where the clay soils are dense, is fermented with 50% whole bunches included. This complex Grenache fruit adds red berry and smoked meat flavours as the of this blend. Daily pump overs early in ferment, followed by punching down as the ferment finishes, ensure gentle and controlled extraction. Aged in seasoned French Oak Puncheons, each parcel is selected and blended just before bottling in December 2024.

Tasting Notes:              Red/purple in colour, with amaro and savoury whole bunch complexities on the nose with panforte, orange rind and smoked meat aromatics. Coffee liqueur, roasted cumin and coriander with red berry flavours abound on a bright and linear palate. Complex and interesting, this wine finishes dry and spicy making it an ideal gastronomic wine.

Cellaring:                     Five to ten years.