Wild Folk Shiraz 2023
Type: Red
Country: Australia
Region: Yarra Valley
Grape Variety: 100% Shiraz
Alcohol Percentage: 14.5%
Viticulture: Natural Wine | Vegan Friendly
Climate: Cool climate with summer temperatures not climbing too high and the cold winters often misty and wet
Terroir: Wild Folk – the natural choice in wine – are pure expressions of the variety and the vineyard. Minimal intervention in the winery ensures a joyful glass of just what Mother Nature intended. Wild yeast fermented, no additions, vegan-friendly, preservative-free, unfined and unfiltered nothing but fermented grapes at their finest
Winemaking: A less is more regime in the vineyard and the winery has resulted in a fresher more uncompromising wine stylistically. Handpicked and sorted and then added to open fermenters before undergoing plunging. Consigned to stainless steel after fermentation this wine was bottled shortly after with little additions and was neither fined nor filtered
Color: Dark red
Nose: Brilliant aromas of vibrant berry and plum on the nose over perfumes of rose petals and cranberries
Palate: This is such an honest expression of Shiraz from the Barossa exhibiting both freshness and flavour. It combines dark berries, spice and a soft framework of tannins that make for an explosive mouthful of deliciousness. Drink over the next two years with your favourite charcuterie or something char-grilled on the barbecue
About the Winery:
Wild Folk shines a light on wines made without artifice and intervention. Fruit nurtured in the vineyard, handled gently in the winery without additions that taste as nature intended. No fining or filtration and no sulphur means these are natural expressions of the varieties and the regions that were grown in.
Wild yeast fermented, no additions, vegan-friendly, preservative-free, unfined and unfiltered – nothing but fermented grapes at their finest. Perfect on their own or with food, their range are drink-now styles that are dangerously drinkable.
Wild Folk, delicious, naturally.
