The 2022 Granjoux Amphora Shiraz fruit was handpicked on 16 April 2022 - a month later than the 2021 vintage. 4 tonne was picked, with 2% of this co-planted with viognier. The fruit was then chilled down and stored overnight. 3.2 tonne was then crushed and destemmed to then ferment in stainless. This fruit is the wine bottled as the 2022 Granjoux Shiraz. The remaining 800 kg was treated differently and placed into an amphora and bottled as a brother to this wine, the Amphora Shiraz which is this wine, bottled and sold separately, which is new in 2022.
The 2022 Amphora Shiraz is an exceptional wine, we feel it has elevated the variety further. The use of the amphora allows for the terroir to shine brighter, the richness from the Devonian granite soils, the intense deep mahogany and violet colour, the wine is luscious, elegant and entices you with it’s brooding aromas. Rich dark cherry followed by perfumed rose, vanilla, buttery cocoa and rich-roasted coffee bean.
Elegant and ripe black and blue fruit aromas continue to dance on the palate. Beautifully woven silky tannins, the influence of the amphora component of the wine works to deliver blackberry, macerated strawberry, clove, nutmeg, and gentle savouriness of mace on the palate. The spices and richness of the ripe fruit characters provides the wine with great structure and complexity – the 2022 Amphora Shiraz is another step up in fruit quality, an exceptional example of a cool-climate Shiraz.
The 2022 Granjoux Amphora Shiraz fruit was handpicked on 16 April 2022 - a month later than the 2021 vintage. 4 tonne was picked, with 2% of this co-planted with viognier. The fruit was then chilled down and stored overnight. 3.2 tonne was then crushed and destemmed to then ferment in stainless. This fruit is the wine bottled as the 2022 Granjoux Shiraz. The remaining 800 kg was treated differently and placed into an amphora and bottled as a brother to this wine, the Amphora Shiraz which is this wine, bottled and sold separately, which is new in 2022.
The 2022 Amphora Shiraz is an exceptional wine, we feel it has elevated the variety further. The use of the amphora allows for the terroir to shine brighter, the richness from the Devonian granite soils, the intense deep mahogany and violet colour, the wine is luscious, elegant and entices you with it’s brooding aromas. Rich dark cherry followed by perfumed rose, vanilla, buttery cocoa and rich-roasted coffee bean.
Elegant and ripe black and blue fruit aromas continue to dance on the palate. Beautifully woven silky tannins, the influence of the amphora component of the wine works to deliver blackberry, macerated strawberry, clove, nutmeg, and gentle savouriness of mace on the palate. The spices and richness of the ripe fruit characters provides the wine with great structure and complexity – the 2022 Amphora Shiraz is another step up in fruit quality, an exceptional example of a cool-climate Shiraz.
