{"product_id":"hayes-family-estate-shiraz-block-9-2021","title":"Hayes Family Estate Shiraz Block 9 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eHayes Family Wines is a small, family-owned producer based in Stone Well, on the Western Ridge of the Barossa Valley. Founded by Brett Hayes and helmed by winemaker Andrew Seppelt — a Barossa veteran with over 25 years' experience, including a stint as GM and winemaker at Torbreck — the label is built on old, dry-grown vineyards farmed with minimal intervention, letting each site and vintage speak for itself. The Estate Vineyard is Certified Organic and Certified Sustainable, and Hayes has carried a five-star rating in the James Halliday Wine Companion every year since launching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA 100% old-vine Shiraz grown on the Certified Organic home vineyard in Stone Well, Western Barossa Valley. Block 9 is a special Shiraz block, planted in the 1940s from Penfolds cuttings — 75-year-old vines, mid-slope and south-facing. Protected from the harsh western sun by its east-west row orientation, and dry-grown for much of its life. The soils here are thin, the conditions genuinely tough — shallow gravelly loam over white clay and hard lime — and the vines naturally crop very low as a result. Matured for 24 months in a mix of new and second-use French oak hogsheads, then bottled unfined and unfiltered. Just 125 cases were made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe wine carries all the hallmarks of the Stone Well area — dense fruit balanced by abundant natural tannin — with a slightly bolder fruit profile than its fellow single-block siblings from the estate. A wine built to cellar exceptionally well in the right conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eCrafted by winemaker Andrew Seppelt (also known for his work at Torbreck), this release earned real recognition on the world stage: \u003cstrong\u003e97 points from James Suckling\u003c\/strong\u003e, placing it on Suckling's list as the #21 Australian Wine of the Year, and tying it with Penfolds' Bin 978 RWT — a wine that typically retails well over $150. Suckling's Master of Wine, Ned Goodwin, called Hayes Family Wines \"an extremely exciting producer.\" An inky, dense and supple Shiraz that competes with Australia's very best, at a fraction of the price you'd expect.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hayes Family Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45641258270789,"sku":"HF21EB9S","price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0727\/8644\/4357\/files\/hayes-stonewell-block9-shiraz-nv-web.png?v=1788485658","url":"https:\/\/artisanwine.com.au\/products\/hayes-family-estate-shiraz-block-9-2021","provider":"Artisan Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}