Setiono Lowke Barossa Valley Shiraz 2022

Description

Setiono Lowke is farmed by Adrian Hoffmann who is responsible for a lot great fruit from the Barossa. From a hotter part of the Valley this is a rich wine with bold flavours. There are nuances of sweet spice, earth and oak. Drink Setiono Lowke from now until 2032.

Setiono Lowke Barossa Valley Shiraz 2022, and all wines are eligible for at least 5% off any six bottles. And 10% off any 12 bottles. Some wines will be at a more significant discount and not subject to further discounts.

Samantha Chandra created the Setiono label out of her passion for Rhone-styled Shiraz. Sam has experience working at Wynns, Yering Station and Agricola. Sam has access to fruit from two mature vineyards, one in Ebenezer and one in Eden Valley. These are lovely wines, made without compromise and are pleasing to drink.

Setiono Lowke Barossa Valley Shiraz 2022 Winery Notes

“V22 in Barossa Valley was a cool and wet season with memorable hail events leading to low yields and producing structured, flavourful wines.

The fruit for this wine was sourced from Rhonda Lowke’s vineyard in Ebenezer, now managed by Adrian Hoffmann. This early 1900s organic vineyard is on dark brown loam with rich ironstone and calcium. It is less than a hectare of concentrated, dry-grown shiraz.

A single tonne of fruit was produced from this low yielding site. It was wild fermented entirely as whole bunches and left on skins for two and a half weeks. The wine then matured in old hogsheads on full lees for about a year. Bottling took place on site without filtration or fining and all movements, from grape to wine, were done by gravity.

Production – 684 bottles

The label background was painted by Angela Oemcke and was created to mimic the waterways underneath the vineyard and convey Barossa Valley’s warmer climate.”

Barossa Valley

One of the major wine regions of Australia. Known for making great Shiraz by any standard as well as Grenache, Mataro, Semillon and much more. There has been a lot of work finding the sub-regions that excel for each style and variety planted.

Shiraz/Syrah

A bit of a chameleon, Shiraz can change how it looks depending on the terroir and/or winemaker influence. The Syrah-based wines of Northern Rhone are dry and austere, while the Shiraz of Barossa is rich and fleshy. A variety that lends itself to long aging but can be drunk at any time of its evolution.

Australian Wine

The invasion of “Sunshine in a bottle” put Australian wine on the map.  The fruity, easy-going, somewhat samey wines were endearing for a short time. Then the next big thing knocked them off their perch.

This forced producers to increase quality and emphasise the special terroirs of Australia. Of which, there are many. And many more yet to be discovered.

Wine

Wine is the result you get from fermented grape juice. There is proof of wine production dating back 8000 years ago. Fashions, innovations and many other factors have influenced the way wine has evolved over the years.

The wine grape is special. It contains everything you need to make grape wine except for the yeast, which lives on the outside of the skins.

Human inputs can influence the final product, including the viticulture (growing) choices. And the winemaker can shape the wine to a point too.

The best wines of the world often refer to terroir. Terroir is a French term that refers to all the climatic, geological and topographical influences on a specific piece of land. And it is true that neighbouring vineyards, grown identically, can taste noticeably different.

Red Wine

Fun fact; most of the colour for wines comes from the skins. There are only a handful of grapes that have red juice. Alicante is the most well known of these grapes.

By macerating the juice on the skins, the wine gains tannins and flavours. Certain compounds change the chemistry of the wine too.

Red wines tend to have higher alcohol. More tannin and more oak flavours compared to other styles of wine. But the thousands of grapes and terroirs they grow in influence this.

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