Dormilona Clayface Shiraz 2025

Dormilona Clayface Shiraz is a Margaret River Shiraz fermented on skins in terracotta.

Up on the Yallingup hill at Yungarra Estate the soils are gravelly loam over limestone, and the elevation and sea air keep Shiraz from ripening too quickly, one reason this reads as a cool-climate style. Grapes were hand harvested and destemmed into amphora, where three weeks on skins pulled out the meatier, more savoury side of the variety. From there the wine went straight from clay to bottle, with no racking through wood and nothing added. It is about as short a path from vineyard to glass as a red wine takes.

Three weeks on skins give this some meat on the bone: black pepper, blood plum, olive brine and fine, gravelly tannin. Serve at 16 degrees. Try it with roast lamb, a charcoal-grilled steak, slow-cooked beef ribs, or grilled halloumi and capsicum.

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