Vintage Information

Vintage Report - Barossa Valley 2008

2008 in the Barossa will be remembered as a difficult year to manage due to a heat spike during vintage.

Daily monitoring of fruit quality and flavour development was extremely important. Several different parcels of fruit were harvested separately in short breaks before the main heat burst.

Cabernet Sauvignon, a late ripening variety, suffered most from the heat, and for this reason we decided not to release an Anaperenna Shiraz Cabernet in 2008. We were then able to use shiraz fruit that once formed the basis of Anaperenna for our Bishop Shiraz.

With smart canopy management during the growing season, we have a vintage, albeit small, that we are very proud of.

The 2008 vintage shows great purity of fruit and firm but fine tannins, giving great structure and power to the wines.

Ben Glaetzer
September 2009

Winemaker