2016 Two Hands Shiraz My Hands Barossa

靈魂 Hook：Barossa 火力與細緻度兼備的一支限量代表作。

為什麼選它？
1) 酒主親選 -> Michael Twelftree 在橡木桶分級時親手挑出作為單獨標籤，代表每瓶都是稀有的精華。好處：買到的是酒莊認可的頂級支線。
2) 橡木與時間 -> 24 個月 300L 法國大橡木桶陳年，帶來香草、雪松與細膩香料，讓果味更有層次。好處：入口既圓潤又有結構，適合配味道重的菜式。
3) 風土明確 -> Seppeltsfield 22 年老藤，紅褐壤土覆蓋石灰岩，果實濃縮帶礦物感。好處：每一口都有地方性與陳年潛力。

侍酒師私房筆記：打開先是厚實的黑莓與黑李，接着冒出黑胡椒與苦可可的餘韻，法國橡木留下一抹香草和咖啡粉感。入喉是飽滿的中段，單寧緊實但已經成熟，餘韻很長，越飲越有細節。建議醒一小時，16–18°C 享用。

場景化配餐指南：周末與朋友在家烤一塊帶骨牛扒、與家人吃慢燉鹿肉，或者在港式酒聚配重口芝士，都是理想場景。

降維打擊對比：比起大標籤的量產力作，My Hands 更像酒莊的私人收藏：每瓶限量、風土感強，性價比在精品Barossa中極具吸引力。

Soul Hook: A single-vineyard release that captures Barossa power with finesse.

Why choose it? 1) Hand-selected excellence -> Michael Twelftree personally picked this barrel-class wine as a vintage-limited, top-tier release, so you get a small-batch standout. 2) Serious oak ageing -> 24 months in 300L French hogheads deliver plush spice and layered structure without losing fruit drive. 3) Classic site expression -> Seppeltsfield vines (c.22 yrs) on red-brown loam over limestone bring concentrated minerality and depth.

Sommelier Notes: Deep, brooding core of black plum and blackberry, edged by black pepper and dark chocolate. Toasted French oak adds vanilla, cedar and a hint of espresso. The palate is dense and ripe yet focused: broad mid-palate, firm but ripe tannins and a long, perfumed finish that keeps evolving. Bottled with minimal fining and no filtration for purity.

Winemaking & Vineyard: Parcels from the Holy Grail vineyard were crushed and fermented in open-top fermenters with up to three daily pump-overs, nine days on skins, then racked to French oak hogheads for 24 months and through malolactic. Vineyard: Seppeltsfield sub-region, 22-year-old vines at 250m on red/brown loam over limestone, cane-pruned and hand-harvested.

Occasion / Pairing: Decant for an hour and serve at 16–18°C with a shared, slow-roast beef or game dish—perfect for Hong Kong dinner parties, celebratory family meals or weekend indulgence.

Competitive Edge: Compared with flagship big-label Barossa bottlings, this is a vintage-limited, hand-selected expression that delivers serious cellar-worthy quality and complexity while remaining comparatively rare and focused.

Specification

• Alcohol %: 15.0%
• Decant Time: 60 minutes
• Taste: blackberry, black plum, ripe dark fruit, black pepper, cacao / dark chocolate, vanilla spice, espresso, cedar oak, concentrated, structured tannins, long spicy finish
• Food Matching: Grilled ribeye or porterhouse, Braised short ribs, Roasted venison or lamb rack, Aged cheddar or blue cheese, Charred eggplant with miso glaze
• Grape Variety: Shiraz : 100%,

Winery

Two Hands（雙手酒莊）以 Marananga 的酒窖命名，當地原住民語意為「我的雙手」。酒莊由 Michael Twelftree 帶領，強調風土與小產量分桶管理；My Hands 是他在橡木桶分級時挑出的頂級限量款，代表酒莊的精挑細選。

Two Hands Wines is named for its Marananga cellar door—'My Hands' in the local Aboriginal language. Founded and led by Michael Twelftree, Two Hands focuses on site-specific, small-batch wines; My Hands was selected as their most premium, vintage-limited release after barrel classification.