The Eye of Ra Shiraz journey began when winemaker, Ben Glaetzer was tasting fruit out in the Barossa Valley Ebenezer vineyards during the amazing 2016 vintage. Inspired by the quality of individual vines across a small number of chosen vineyards he set about picking fruit to create the perfect wine that is the epitome of Barossa Shiraz. The wine then progressed through vinification exceeding the highest levels of my expectations. This wine offers a bouquet of radiant intensity with masses of wild herbs, spiced plum and a cornucopia of blackberry and cedar scents. The palate is just as compelling, also rich and generous yet elegantly structured.
The Eye of Ra 2016 Shiraz was sourced from selected vines from four outstanding vineyards out of the famed Ebenezer sub district at the northern tip of the Barossa Valley. The fruit was hand harvested from low yielding vines aged up to 110 years predominantly in deep sandy soils of a red brown texture known as contrast soils. The parcels were fermented separately in small open fermenters and gently hand plunged 3 times daily. During fermentation the temperature was kept very cool (sub 18˚C) to enhance the fresh aromatic profile without over extraction. The wine was then matured for 16 months in 100% new French oak hogsheads with natural malolactic fermentation continuing in oak during maturation. The fine grained French hogsheads were of the highest quality with tannin profiles selected to best express the flavours of the individual parcels.
In Egyptian mythology, The Eye of Ra was the powerful feminine counterpart to the sun god Ra and was also personified by a number of Egyptian goddesses. The Eye of Ra gifted renewal, life giving power and the annual Nile floodwaters that restored fertility to Egypt. These caring actions were celebrated along with The Eye’s forceful protective deeds. The symbol depicts the sun surrounded by two protective cobras and wings. The Eye of Ra represented a polarity of the extreme force of the sun’s heat countered by the sun’s nurturing gaze. Similarly Ben Glaetzer developed The Eye of Ra Shiraz that features incredible depth and power countered by exemplary elegance and restraint leading to amazing evolution in the bottle and glass.
The Eye of Ra Shiraz journey began when winemaker, Ben Glaetzer was tasting fruit out in the Barossa Valley Ebenezer vineyards during the amazing 2016 vintage. Inspired by the quality of individual vines across a small number of chosen vineyards he set about picking fruit to create the perfect wine that is the epitome of Barossa Shiraz. The wine then progressed through vinification exceeding the highest levels of my expectations. This wine offers a bouquet of radiant intensity with masses of wild herbs, spiced plum and a cornucopia of blackberry and cedar scents. The palate is just as compelling, also rich and generous yet elegantly structured.
The Eye of Ra 2016 Shiraz was sourced from selected vines from four outstanding vineyards out of the famed Ebenezer sub district at the northern tip of the Barossa Valley. The fruit was hand harvested from low yielding vines aged up to 110 years predominantly in deep sandy soils of a red brown texture known as contrast soils. The parcels were fermented separately in small open fermenters and gently hand plunged 3 times daily. During fermentation the temperature was kept very cool (sub 18˚C) to enhance the fresh aromatic profile without over extraction. The wine was then matured for 16 months in 100% new French oak hogsheads with natural malolactic fermentation continuing in oak during maturation. The fine grained French hogsheads were of the highest quality with tannin profiles selected to best express the flavours of the individual parcels.
In Egyptian mythology, The Eye of Ra was the powerful feminine counterpart to the sun god Ra and was also personified by a number of Egyptian goddesses. The Eye of Ra gifted renewal, life giving power and the annual Nile floodwaters that restored fertility to Egypt. These caring actions were celebrated along with The Eye’s forceful protective deeds. The symbol depicts the sun surrounded by two protective cobras and wings. The Eye of Ra represented a polarity of the extreme force of the sun’s heat countered by the sun’s nurturing gaze. Similarly Ben Glaetzer developed The Eye of Ra Shiraz that features incredible depth and power countered by exemplary elegance and restraint leading to amazing evolution in the bottle and glass.
