Head The Contrarian Shiraz 2021

Beautifully balanced and highly perfumed with dark red fruits and spice, notes of mint and sage in this juicy medium bodied yet bright shiraz. All held nicely together with fine grippy tannins.

The Contrarian is my indulgent, creative
winemaking outlet and challenges traditional concepts around Barossan Shiraz.
We source Shiraz from vineyards in the Eden Valley which develop flavour at lower than usual alcohols and showripeness in their stems too. We use cement as a fermentation vessel; which holds the acidity and tannins in a fresher light. We mature (instead of age) the wine in larger more neutral oak so the fruit & stem tannin can give the wine a different
experience with protein dishes.
We love what we see in this expression of the Barossa and feel it is a style worthy of your table. – Alex Head, HEAD Barossa