Mount Pleasant Significant Sites 1880 Vines Old Hill Vineyard Shiraz 2023 silver-palm with cinnamon & clove spices

with cinnamon & clove spices and a fully flavoured and savoury palate with soft tannins

Color: pale yellow

generous wines

The nose shows plenty of white nectarine and fresh pear with some background secondary notes of gunflint and almond meal

second-use barrels

Mount Pleasant Significant Sites 1880 Vines Old Hill Vineyard Shiraz 2023 silver-palm with cinnamon & clove spicesOld Hill is the OG Mount Pleasant vineyard, planted in 1880 by an Englishman of great foresight, Charles King. The Old Hill site continues to produce exceptional quality Shiraz in very low quantities. Winemaker Adrian Sparks treats this with kid gloves. Meticulous handpicking in three passes, ensuring only the finest bunches are selected. The fruit undergoes destemming and a brief cold soak in small open fermenters, immediately extracting intense