Peter Lehmann, 2005 Eight Songs Shiraz.

Eight Songs Shiraz was born of our love of art and music and inspired by an operatic work, ‘Eight Songs for Mad King’, first performed in the Barossa in 1993.

The Barossa stands amongst the great wine regions of the world. From within this region, Shiraz expresses diversity in flavour, style and texture. The varying soil types, elevations and vine age of our growers’ vineyards merge together to create a style of shiraz that is both distinctive & regional in nature.

The heart of Eight Songs Shiraz lies in the vineyards spread across the landscape of the Barossa. During the vintage, we walk these vineyards, which typically yield less than 2.5 tonnes per acre, tasting the fruit and seeking the flavours that will create an elegant and distinctly softer style to Barossa Shiraz.

Wine Makers Notes: The colour is beautiful dark cherry with a rich garnet rim. The nose is deep chocolate, plum fruits and cedary notes. The palate is richly opulent, beautifully structured with layered, fully integrated tannins supporting the depth of primary fruit characters and spicy overtones.

Vintage:Good winter rains preceded a mild dry summer. Vintage was compacted, beginning mid February and finishing in April. It produced wines of great depth, flavour and richness.

Vineyards:Low yielding, mature shiraz vineyards in the Stonewell, Nuriootpa, Ebenezer, Moppa and Light Pass districts of the Barossa Valley.

Wine Making:Fermented & macerated on skins for up to 2 weeks with some partial barrel fermentation. Following pressing and clarification, the wine was matured in French oak hogsheads for approximately 18 months.