Pikes Los Compañeros Shiraz Tempranillo

Pikes Polish Hill River Estate is comprised of approximately 100 hectares of gently rolling slopes at Polish Hill River, an easterly sub region of the famous Clare Valley in the mid north of South Australia. Our vineyards are predominately planted on easterly to south easterly aspects, and mainly on east-west row orientation, which helps protect the vines and grapes from the intense afternoon sun on hot summer days.

Healthy vine canopies help make great wines! Our preference for vine plantings is an East West orientation, which enables the fruit to be shaded by the canopy in the hottest parts of the day, avoiding sunburnt fruit and phenolic flavours.

One of the newer additions to the line up, the Los Compañeros is a blend of 80% Shiraz and 20% Tempranillo. Perfect blending companions, Tempranillo provides aromatic lift and a rustic textural element to the soft richness of the Shiraz.

No new oak here, so the fruit really sings. 2018 was an extremely good red vintage for Clare, slightly warmer than average, but vineyards by and large achieved a great balance of fruit and acid.