2024 'Tikka the Cosmic Cat' Shiraz Grenache

Lively deep mulberry in colour. Powerful aromatics of plums, crushed rock and spice. Medium bodied with a satiny mouthfeel.

This year’s Tikka comprises Shiraz (80%) and Grenache (20%) from Ralph Woods’s farm in Clarendon, McLaren Vale. The site sits at 280 metres and is heavy in ironstone with grey sand on top, lending a distinct character and richness to the fruit. These powerful soils produce large bunches and berries, ensuring wines of juicy generosity. Farming is, of course, organic, and the 30+-year-old vines are dry-grown.

Both varieties are picked once the tannins are ripe. The fruit is destemmed, fermented in stainless steel tanks and matured in old French puncheons. A portion (20%) of the Shiraz fermented carbonically. 

About Jauma  

From leading sommelier to one of the quintessential natty wine makers in Australia. James Erskine and his team produce wines that speak purely of the grape and terroir of which they are farmed. This is achieved through minimal intervention, no new oak and minimal sulphur. Jauma’s wines range from fun and smashable to elevated and thought provoking.