AU Karl’s Scepter Barossa Valley Shiraz

Karl’s Scepter was the nickname given by the cellar hands to the hand plunger used to mix red grapes during fermentation. Hand plunging is tough work, so when a young winemaker named Karl made the cellar hands plunge his ferments twice as often as all the rest, he became rather unpopular.

​However, the 2011 vintage was cool and wet, which led to many thin and light red wines. But not Karl’s wines. His wines shone, all because of his pig-headed overuse of ‘Karl’s Scepter’ from which the legend is born.

VINTAGE: 2020

ALC: 14.5%

VARIETALS: 100% SHIRAZ

REGION:  Barossa Valley, SA

TASTING NOTES:

Deep red and purple coloured. Ripe jammy plum and cherry on the nose with seasoned oak influence. On the palate the wine is full bodied and concentrated. The 2020 is rich and juicy with firm tannin and a full oak flavour. The wine has a medium long finish of ripe red fruits with a soft, oaky and dry finish.

Sweetly fruited and beautifully fragrant, showing Black Doris plum, floral, roasted nut and mixed spice aromas, leading to a supple palate that’s juicy and smooth. Well balanced and lingering with ripe fruit intensity.

— Sam Kim

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