The Grand Barossa Shiraz is full of dense, lifted aromas of red berry fruit. The palate is soft and supple yet elegant with plenty of upfront fruit flavour and length. Hints of spice, pepper and vanilla oak are all delicately interwoven into the wine. Beautifully balanced tannins derived from eighteen months in American & French oak complement the luscious fruit and give the wine added complexity and structure.
The grapes were destalked (separating berries from the bunch) and placed uncrushed into small stainless steel open fermenters. A cultured yeast was used to start the fermentation and the tanks were hand plunged spending 7 days on skins at 26° C. All of this encouraged maximum extraction yet retaining the dense, spicy fruit flavours which Shiraz is renowned for. The skins were gently pressed in the JLB Vaslin Bucher press and the wine spent 18 months in French & American oak hogsheads.
Review by: 2010 - Berlin Wine Trophy
Review by: 2010 - Berlin Wine Trophy
Review by: James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2011
Dark red; has a mix of the savoury characters of '07, dark chocolate, plum and prune on bouquet and palate alike.
James Halliday
Review by: Fred Tasker, The Miami Herald
Review by: Ron Kapon, Bergen County Magazine
Review by: Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate
Review by: MUNDUS Vini 2010