Peter Lehmann Very Special Vineyard 1893 Barossa Valley Shiraz 2021

Peter Lehmann Very Special Vineyard 1893 Barossa Valley Shiraz

Region: Barossa, South Australia

Vintage: 2021

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Shiraz

ABV: 14.5%

Notes: Vegetarian

The colour is bright with a deep crimson hue. The bouquet is abundant with dark plums, spice and bright chocolatey mint. The palate is typical 1885, soft and elegant with a long, intense blue-fruited finish.

The Mulraney family are the multi-generational custodians of a beautiful parcel of Moppa land bearing a special three-acre patch of old-vine Shiraz. Well-drained sandy soils over light-yellow clays provide the perfect site for deep root penetration, measuredly hydrated by the pristine Moppa Springs trickling through the property. The vines' complex gnarly structures store and transport an aged resource of nutrients to produce rich, intense fruit flavours.

Peter Lehmann started his own winery in 1979, partly as a means of helping with the glut of grapes then afflicting the Barossa. "I'll take your grapes and turn them into wine," he told the desperate growers, many of them conservative farmers of Silesian descent who regarded their old vines as part of their patrimony. "But I'll only be able to pay you when I sell the wine." They gratefully accepted. Without this deal, it is widely thought that the Barossa would have lost a huge chunk of its old vines. Crafted by the next generation of Peter Lehmann winemakers, ‘The Barossan’ range highlights the outstanding fruit sourced from the many fabled sub-regions across the Barossa Valley.

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