{"title":"Osicka Selection Wines","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 5pt; line-height: normal; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-AU\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eNecessity being the mother of invention the Osicka Selection Wines were conceived out of the very low yielding 2020 vintage.  Our mature dry grown vineyard suffered its lowest yield since 2007 and there was an opportunity to work with growers we knew and had ongoing relationships with. In 2021 there was plenty of good fruit to select from, in fact, we were able to help these growers place their fruit at a sustainable price and maximise the outcome for their efforts.  On top of this the 2021 season was particularly kind for wine grapes in Heathcote.  We had also upgraded our processing equipment for the 2021 harvest, with a new Oscillys destemmer and sorting equipment meaning that our fermenters were filled with only perfectly ripe whole berries.  This meant we are getting an even purer expression of our wines.  We have in recent years also invested in a number of larger format French Oak Vats, so oak now plays a more background and textural role in the wines expression.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"2024-osicka-selection-sangiovese","title":"2024 Osicka Selection Sangiovese","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eThe wine is a blend of the MAT 6 and MAT 7 Sangiovese clones. Hand-picked and processed without pumping but with hand and mechanical sorting to give pure fruit with a large percentage of whole berries in the ferment. After 3 weeks on skins the wine was pressed and then matured in a combination of older oak (40%) and a concrete sphere shaped vessel (60%). The oak was softer and had a more complex flavour profile. The portion stored in concrete had more intense primary fruit and a structural drive. Red fruits mixed in with chinotto and brick dust. The fruit highlights sit above the complex earth characters, iodine and nutmeg spice. Just over medium bodied the wine is savoury and textured. The tannin are firm, dusty and assertive but the acidity remains cleansing through the length of the wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🌱 \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(7, 156, 27);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVegan Friendly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"tastingNote\" class=\"o-p c-tasting__description-main-blurb\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Hand picked, processed without pumping, with whole-berry fruit intact in small open-top fermenters, carbonic maceration pre-ferment, 25 days on skins, pressed and divided between concrete and seasoned French oak. The winemaker believes in the great potential of sangiovese in Heathcote, and why not, when you can enjoy a wine soft, plummy and approachable? It's ripe in black cherries, plums, clove, licorice and spice, with fine, soft tannins in place. Enjoy.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"o-p c-tasting__description-main-blurb\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bentley Wine Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46910104830149,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/8939\/0021\/files\/vzXFDESg.jpg?v=1789534585"},{"product_id":"2024-osicka-selection-heathcote-shiraz","title":"2024 Osicka Selection Heathcote Shiraz","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eIntense flint\/crushed rock, red fruits and peppercorn spice on the nose. Primary with a complex brooding set of flavours (including iodine) underneath. On the palate the wine is muscular and driven, it is tightly wound. Spice and red fruit flavours add vibrancy. The tannins are grippy and textural. As a young wine it demands some food or a small stay in the cellar. A pretty serious and structural expression of Heathcote Shiraz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🌱 \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(7, 156, 27);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVegan Friendly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"tastingNote\" class=\"o-p c-tasting__description-main-blurb\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A young Heathcote shiraz sourced from two vineyards, one on the Mount Camel Range to the region's north and the Osicka estate vineyard at Graytown. Brings a high level of herbal interplay to shiraz with a strong peppermint\/spearmint overlay on ripe black fruits. It will be highly attractive to some, but this is still early days. Overall, it's a vibrant youngster, juicy, sweet-fruited and firm in ripe tannins, finishing with a choc-mint flourish.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"o-p c-tasting__description-main-blurb\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e91 Points - Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bentley Wine Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46910104928453,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/8939\/0021\/files\/osicka.04.12.22_9483.jpg?v=1791783036"},{"product_id":"2024-osicka-selection-colbinabbin-cab-sauv","title":"2024 Osicka Selection Colbinabbin Cab Sauv","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTasting Note\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eFresh blue fruits, some leafy Cabernet notes and cedar. A really fruit forward style of Cabernet, there is coolness to the expression here that befits the season. A serious structural and savoury palate with plenty of dutch liquorice that is very distinct from the juicy Shiraz above. Serious, tannic and with chewy grip. Mike Bennie \u003cem\u003e\"One of the more genial, accessible, appealing and easy drinking, well-priced reds I’ve seen this year.”\u003c\/em\u003e Which is saying something!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e🌱 \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(7, 156, 27);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eVegan Friendly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"tastingNote\" class=\"o-p c-tasting__description-main-blurb\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired1282393_180=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Whole-berry fruit, small open fermenters, carbonic maceration pre-ferment, 24 days on skins, pressed, maturation in French oak (20% new). Year in, year out, this smart-priced cabernet over-delivers big time. There's so much to enjoy, not the least is the underrated quality of Heathcote cabernet, which simply shines in warmth, texture and oh-so lively, sweet-spiced cabernet fruit. A mild season brings forth a fine-tannined core for a wealth of violets, cassis, bracken and leaves, briar, earth, mulberry, black berries and some peppery, minty-fuelled spices that bring out the best in approachable, enjoyable drinking now… and later.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"o-p c-tasting__description-main-blurb\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired1282393_180=\"1\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e95 Points - Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bentley Wine Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46910104993989,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/8939\/0021\/files\/osicka.04.12.22_9477_2618ae01-412c-4187-839f-0610de23bda8.jpg?v=1791783214"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0805\/8939\/0021\/collections\/OSI2273_Osicka_Selections_Logo_FA-01.png?v=1789708865","url":"https:\/\/www.bentleywineco.com\/collections\/osicka-selection-wines.oembed","provider":"Bentley Wine Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}