100% Shiraz.

Historically and presently the most important wine-producing region of Australia, the Barossa Valley is set in the Barossa zone of South Australia, where more than half of the country’s wine is made. Because the climate is very hot and dry, vineyard managers work diligently to ensure grapes reach the perfect levels of phenolic ripeness.

The intense heat is ideal for plush, bold reds, particularly Shiraz on its own or Rhône Blends. Often Shiraz and Cabernet partner up for plump and powerful reds.

While much less prevalent, light-skinned varieties such as Riesling, Viognier or Semillon produce vibrant Barossa Valley whites.

Most of Australia’s largest wine producers are based here and Shiraz plantings date back as far as the 1850s or before. Many of them are dry farmed and bush trained, still offering less than one ton per acre of inky, intense, purple juice.

Uniquely Australian and heartily embraced in the Barossa, Sparkling Shiraz has been a part of the Schild family’s stable of wines right from the early days. Ed Schild quickly realised that the soft dark berry fruit, fine tannins and vibrant acid so often seen in Shiraz sourced from in and around Lyndoch in the southern Barossa made it an area ideally suited to making “red fizz”.

Made from a blend of vintages to maintain freshness and consistency of the blend, while adding complexity to this delectable wine.

Hues of deep cherry & garnet. Lifted, fresh red and black fruit aromas of raspberries, dark plums, blackberry and bramble fruit are supported by more subtle hints of milk chocolate and clove spice.

Mouth shows full, round and textural up front with juicy Morello cherry and berry fruit flavours sitting alongside teasing glimpses of chocolate, all extending deep into the mid palate. Here some vibrant, balanced acidity and soft tannin framing arrives providing structure to the fruit and keeping the wine focused on moving at a sprightly pace through the mouth. Finishes clean long and fresh.

Deep ruby, purple. Fragrant plum, mulberry and dark cherry fruit aromas show alongside more delicate hints of chocolate and spice. On the palate the dark berry fruits and chocolate continue to present, providing an embracing, welcoming creamy texture. A soft supporting tannin profile and refreshing acid line then provides the framework to cut through a balanced sweetness leading into a long, clean savoury finish where the dark fruit rolls out and slightly lingers seductively at the end.