Zontes Footstep Z Force Shiraz Petit Sirah (6-pack) 2015 x6

Wine Region

MCLAREN VALE

Drink Until

2028

Varieties

Alcohol

15.0%

Foods

Enjoy with your favourite grilled meat dishes.

Oak

new and seasoned hogsheads and aged for up to 18 months

Colour

Very dark, vibrant, purple with a dense red crimson hue.

Nose

Pepperspice, macerated berries and a hint of pink grapefruit. Plum pudding and Christmas spices.

Palate

Entry: Rich and soft and fragrant red fruits. Somefresh tarragon and cedar characters complimented by dark cacao. Middle Palate: Juicy macerated blackberries, tempered with the soft idiosyncratic milky McLaren Vale Shiraz sweetness and roundness and spike of red citrus and cranberry notes. After Palate: Lush mouth filling with rolling soft, fine grained fruit tannin. Finish: Choc-mint, cedar and intense blackberry and caramelised grapefruit zest. Minutes later, the flavour still lingers.

Background

The fruit for Z Force is sourced from hand tended blocks in the Seaview Heights sub-region of McLaren Vale. Primary fermentation takes place in 5 tonne open fermenters after which the wine is racked into barrels and allowed to complete a natural malo-lactic fermentation before being pressed off. It is then transferred back into new and seasoned hogsheads and aged for up to 18 months prior to bottling with minimal filtration. This results in a wine with purity of fruit that is unpretentious and eminently satisfying to allow for regular indulgence.