2009 Two Hands Gnarly Dudes Shiraz

Michael Twelftree and Richard Mintz established Two Hands Wines in 1999 with the aim of making the best possible Shiraz based wines from prized Shiraz producing regions in Australia including McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Langhorne Creek and of course Heathcote. This wine realises an opulent expression of Barossa Shiraz sourced from mature, gnarled vines, hence the label's title. The vineyards are located in the sub regions of Marananga, Greenock and Light Pass.

This wine was aged for 14 months in French oak hogsheads, of which 10% were new with the balance being 1-4 year old French oak. Totally opaque inky black crimson colour with black heart and very deep black crimson hue. Youthful aromas of freshly crushed blackberry, plum juice, liquorice and confectionary. Full bodied, extravagantly rich and super concentrated the palate delivers mouthfilling blackberry and black plum flavours followed by some liquorice, confectionary and spice, displaying outstanding length all wrapped a voluptuous texture. Fine grained tannins with long aftertaste of ripe blackberry, liquorice and spice.
Cellar 4-5 years (2014-2015)
Alc 14.8%