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Tasty gourmet choices abound with wood fired pizzas and doughballs by DoughBalls, South American-inspired burgers, sliders and beer-battered chips from the grill of Chimichurri, spicy Spanish paellas by Paella Bar, and OYSTAR Oystravaganza will shucking and serving the freshest oysters, with cold and hot options available … plus there’s barista coffee by Old School Coffee.Ĭlick on our Link Tree link in our bio to get your tickets now! Kicking the day off at 10.30am, and again between the bands’ performances, the one-man dancefloor filler DJ Jaki J will be on the decks, turning up the heat with non-stop killer tracks and interactive fun.

from 11.30am to 1.30pm legendary 80s band New Romantics will be playing some of the biggest hits of that decadent decade, and from 3.30pm to 5.30 you’ll be ‘feeling the buzz’ when fabulous party band Mr Buzzy takes the stage, playing the best of the 80s, 90s and Naughties, as well as current dance bangers. Musically, we’re bringing in a cool retro vibe. The ferments were pressed to new and mature French oak puncheons, where they were nurtured for 12 months prior to blending and bottling.Ģ022 Spring Affair! It's time to welcome back a McLaren Vale institution to Paxton Wines, and this year’s event is going to be our biggest, boldest and brightest event yet! Relax on our extensive lawns under shady trees, take in the views, and enjoy a day of great music, and fine food and beverages. The small batch open ferments were carefully plunged and pumped over for 10-15 days to extract colour, flavour and tannin structure. 40% of the harvest was used as whole bunches while the remainder was delicately destemmed and fermented using 100% indigenous (wild) yeast. The grapes were hand picked and selector harvested at optimum flavour and sugar equilibrium. Natural acids are in perfect balance and the smooth, sensuous tannins completed by an epic energetic vibration that we can’t wait to share with you. The generous harvest has rewarded us with delightfully delicate fruit and varietal characters, with each variety singing its own tune. The gentle undulation between these varying temperatures and perfectly healthy canopies allowed us to really ponder picking times, spending plenty of time out in the vineyard tasting grapes getting the timing of picking just right.

Raw power shiraz full#

It was mainly dry throughout the ripening season with the odd spattering of just enough rain to keep the grapes beautifully plump, juicy and full of bright fruit flavours and time to dry out in between so disease pressure was low. After a warmer than usual November there were only four days above 40 degrees. e wine opens-up over time in the glass, displaying ripe tannins and long savoury finish.2021 was one of those dream vintages that don’t come along every year cool, refreshing nights and dreamy, sun-kissed days without any extended stretches of intense heat. Medium bodied flavours follow through from the aromatics with plenty of “raw power”. Tasting Notes Lifted aromatics with spice, plums and dark chocolate. Basket pressed with ferment finishing off in barrel / tank. Raw Power fruit was machine harvested early morning with whole berry ferment in 10 ton open top concrete fermenters with twice daily pump-overs. Vintage commenced Feb 13 with the ‘Plains shiraz, fruit came thick and fast over the next four weeks in a compact crushing season. Our Adelaide Plains and Mt Lofty Ranges vineyards really stood up to the dry conditons, yields were approx 15% down, quality was up and no instance of disease, damaged or stressed fruit were recorded. In terms of quality it will rate extremely high, in terms of fruit timing it produced some of our earliest picking on record, in terms of weather conditions one of the driest and coolest for a long time. Vintage/Winemaking Notes Across the board 2013 was an outstanding vintage in many ways.