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Luddite Shiraz 2013

The 2013 vintage finally broke the cycle of two consecutive hot and dry vintages.  The cooler, longer ripening time allowed us to make wines that were both elegant and balanced with good, natural acidity.  We had time on our side to pick both blocks separately and give them the necessary attention that they need ie extra time on skins and a longer, cooler fermentation.  This has resulted in a wine with great perfume and femininity.

This vintage we experimented with a small percentage of stalks in the ferment and this has definitely given the wine the desired freshness.  After fermentation, the wine was allowed to post macerate for 4 weeks and went through malolactic fermentation on skins.  It was then pressed and the two batches kept separately in barrels of which 20% was new French Oak and the balance older wood down to 8^th fill.  Of the total barrel selection, 5% was Hungarian Oak and the rest was French Oak.  After 2 years in barrel, we made up the final blend between the two batches and bottled.

Grapes were sourced from Luddite vineyard sites:

Old Block  -  picked on the 26^th February 2013

Young Block (1st pick)  -  picked on the 28^th February 2013

Young Block (2^nd pick)  -  picked on the 4^th March 2013

17.000 bottles,

The Luddites
Niels Verburg and his wife Penny are unabashed luddites who apply a technology-resistant philosophy to their methods, ‘farming conscientiously with minimum mechanization’ and aiming to make a wine that’s ‘as natural as possible, with little or no intervention’. ‘It’s about knowing that when you buy a bottle of Luddite, what’s inside is genuine and made with integrity,’ says Niels.   __________________________________________________________________________