Blind Corner Wilyabrup Field Blend 2017

Shiraz-Viognier by another name. Blind Corner’s Field Blend is drawn from a single block of 25-year-old dry-grown Shiraz with one row of Viognier, rooted in the gravel, granite-rich soil of Blind Corner’s Wilyabrup vineyard, certified organic and biodynamic in 2016. When harvested, the single row of Viognier is handpicked separately and sandwiched evenly between the picking bins of Shiraz. The grapes are foot-crushed in small, half-tonne ferments and hand-plunged up to three times a day. Before ferment is complete, the wine is gently basket pressed to seasoned French oak for ten months. It is then settled out in tank prior to bottling, where it goes to bottle with only minimal sulphites added, maturing for nine months before release.