Waterfall Block - Two Hands Wines

Home
Waterfall Block

By visiting this page, we hope that you are either enjoying our Waterfall Block Shiraz or would like to find out more about it.

Waterfall Block is the newest addition to the Single Vineyard stable, and a very unique and interesting vineyard, close to the Adelaide CBD.

Waterfall Block is a complex steep site that needs to be seen to be believed. It has many short steep rows that are protected from the early morning light from the highest point of the Mount Lofty Ranges behind and again by the searing late day sun from a steep hillside to the north. This is an amazing microclimate that allows the low-yielding vines to ripen at their leisure with a canopy that keeps moving along with minimal stress.

SHOP NOW OUR STORY

VITICULTURE

VINEYARD LOCATION: Burnside, Adelaide
OWNER: Shahin
BLOCK: Hill
VITICULTURE: Vineyard consultant – Georgiadis, Magdalene Viticultural Consulting and Two Hands Wines
SURFACE: 3ac
SOIL PROFILE: Shallow red clays over deep deposits of slate, shale, and limestone
PLANTING ORIENTATION: North East to South West
ELEVATION: 177m
AVERAGE VINE AGE: 28 years
CLONE: 1654
PLANTATION DENSITY: 2m by 1.5m
AVERAGE RAINFALL: 550mm
CULTURAL METHOD: Cane pruned, vertical shoot position, crop thinned, netting placed on from veraison to picking

WINEMAKING

FIRST VINTAGE: 2018
CURRENT VINTAGE: 2021
AVERAGE PRODUCTION: 3 Barrels

VINIFICATION: The small parcel from this unique single block was crushed and de-stemmed stainless steel fermenter. The time spent on skins was 10 days. All free run and pressings were combined. Then moved to barrel, where malolactic fermentation occurred. The wine was bottled with minimum fining and no filtration.

18 months in a mix of new and 2-3 year old French oak hogheads and puncheons. Bottled in November the following vintage.

OUR MUSEUM WINES

BACK VINTAGES

Our wines at Two Hands are crafted to last. There is nothing quite like the appreciation of opening a treasured gem that has been ageing gracefully in your cellar and savouring the development of the aromas and palate over the months and years.

We make the effort each vintage to carefully store a small quantity of each wine we produce. Opening an aged bottle of wine to celebrate your anniversary, birthday or special day makes for a truly memorable experience. Whether you are searching for a particular rare back vintage or large format bottle, learn more now using the button below.

LEARN MORE