about this product

Jasper Hill Georgia's Paddock is a loose-knit strongly flavoured style with dark cherry, plumy, mocha fruit profile, plush chocolaty ripe tannins, plenty of fruit sweetness and underlying savoury oak. Named after Ron and Elva's younger daughter, the un-irrigated, low vigour biodynamic Georgia's Paddock comprises 12 hectares of Shiraz. The 'thoroughbred' vines are planted in red brown gravelly loams much deeper than Emily's Paddock. Maturation takes place in a combination of 20% new and seasoned French oak barriques.

Region Heathcote

Heathcote is situated about 100 km north of Melbourne in Central Victoria at altitudes between 160-380 metres. This is classic rolling Australian countryside punctuated by eucalypts and rounded hills. The defining feature of the region is the ‘Heathcote red snake’ a strip of ancient, deep, red Cambrian soils with good water holding capacity, imparting a distinct and unique flavour profile to Shiraz, the superstar of the region. The region is warm and strongly continental with low rainfall, but enjoys an even temperature range during ripening. Founded in the 1850’s Heathcote was originally a gold rush town. Vines were planted in the 1860’s, but were subsequently decimated by phylloxera with modern day plantings only re-established during the 1960’s. Although best known for its rich tannic powerful Shiraz, Heathcote also produces a wide range of varieties including Riesling, Chardonnay and Viognier alongside the Bordeaux varieties of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Emerging varieties of Sangiovese and Tempranillo also show great promise.