Ares Shiraz '18
Two Hands Wines
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Inspired by the myths of ancient Greece the Flagship Series is headed by Ares, the bold, passionate and strong God of War, a perfect fit for the pinnacle of the Two Hands Collection. Shiraz is at the heart of the Two Hands story and our vineyard selections give us access to some of the greatest parcels of shiraz grapes in the country. Each year, every one of the 1,500 barrels is tasted in the search for the very finest cuvée to represent Ares, the pinnacle of our shiraz production. The handful of barrels that make it through are matured for 20 months in new and one-year-old French oak, and retasted again and again to ensure only the best make the final blend. A statuesque, powerful and deeply flavored wine that combines elegance and vivacity.
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- Wine Country
- Australia
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- Grape varieties wine
- Shiraz
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- Wine-food combination
- The Ares Shiraz is an exclusive wine to be served with fine dining cuisine like game and venison or duck breast with red jus. The wine will also be an amazing ending to a dinner for those who still want to enjoy a big bold wine.
About this wine
Description & facts
With a strong commitment to the philosophy of ‘quality without compromise’, Two Hands Wines use a strict classification process to ensure that only the best barrels each vintage are deemed worthy of being bottled as a Two Hands product. Six months after vintage, every barrel in the winery is blind tasted by Proprietor Michael Twelftree and Cheif Wine maker Richard Langford and given a classification grade associated with its place in the Two Hands portfolio: from A+ to D (and anything C or below not used in Two Hands final production). With this focus on detail, it means only the best barrels make it through and quality is maintained even in the toughest vintages, albeit at lower quantities. Each year, only a handful of barrels come in at the top of the class, scoring an A+; these barrels become wines in our Flagship Series. Serious wines that represent the very finest varietal selections from each vintage.
- Producer
- Two Hands Wines
- Country of origin
- Australia
- Wine Region
- Barossa Valley
- Vintage
- 2018
- Grape varieties wine
- Shiraz
- Tasting note
- Ares has a deep, impenetrable black color and a tight drawn in bouquet on opening, slowly dark chocolate, deep cassis, liquorice, dried herbs, smoke, cedar, clove, mocha and condensed plum jelly emerge. The dense fruits are coating over the palate, it throw layers of fruit at you which are easy to visualize along your palate. This is deep, slow moving with a great persistence, this is unashamedly Barossa Shiraz. Very few places the world over can make a wine with such depth, persistence, inner energy and light weight, the tannins are uber silky and seem to have an ability to continue to caress the mouth.
- Wine-food combination
- The Ares Shiraz is an exclusive wine to be served with fine dining cuisine like game and venison or duck breast with red jus. The wine will also be an amazing ending to a dinner for those who still want to enjoy a big bold wine.
- Vinification
- De-stemmed, crushed and fermented in five tonne open top fermenters, with regular pump overs (up to three daily over peak fermentation) to extractcolour and tannin. Following 10-20 days of skin contact maceration the freerun was drained to tank with the skins then pressed. Both the free run and pressings are blended to tank and then racked to oak after 24 hours. Malolactic fermentation takes place in barrel. Minimal fining and non-filtered. The wine ages for 25 months in barrels, with 20% new French oak. The remainder in one to four year old French oak.
- Closure
- Cork
- Serving temperature
- 16-18 °C
- Ageing potential
- If cellared well, 20+ years.
