2002 Shiraz

Truly deep purple/red in colour, this wine displays complex aromas with ripe raspberry, blackberry, anise, spice, dark chocolate and vanilla with subtle hints of mint and earth.

The palate is multi-layered with silky texture, intense, sweet ripe fruit flavours that are supported by an excellent structure and full, long, supple and savoury tannins.

Approachable now, this wine has long term (20 yrs +) cellaring potential.

This was the first vintage made at our own winery.

Vineyard: Metala Vineyards, Langhorne Creek, SA

Variety: Shiraz 100%
Harvest date: 11 March - 20April 2002
Bottling date: 1 September 2003
Sourced from: 100% single estate, 20 individual plantings
Baumé at harvest: 13.5 - 15.0
Alcohol: 15%/v
Titratable acidity: 6.4g/l
pH: 3.71
Oak Maturation: 14 months in 50% new oak, 50% in 1-2 year old French and American barriques.
Release date: 1 September 2006 – Sold Out ( but call us if  you're really desperate!)
Closure: Cork
 
Gold Medal “Best of Class”
International Wine & Spirit Competition
London 2007
Silver
Top 50 Great Australian Shiraz Challenge
2006
Silver
Decanter Wine Awards London 2006


 

"Concentrated but elegant, with plum and black cherry fruit laced with dried fennel and a touch of eucalyptus. Long, fleshy finish. Ready to drink now and over the next three or four years."
The WineSkinny.com
 
“It’s a fabulously seductive red, with soft
black fruit
backed up by firm dark chocolate.”
Max Allen, Top Drops of the Month,
Gourmet Traveler, July 2007

“Deep, dense, red-purple; layer-upon-layer
of black cherry, plum,
bitter chocolate, ripe tannins and oak;
carries 15% alcohol very well”
95 POINTS James Halliday Australian
Wine Companion 2007
 
 
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