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  • Country ranking ?

    235
  • Producer ranking ?

    9
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Lamb

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The Story

The un-irrigated, insanely low yielding 3.2 hectare Emily's Paddock, planted with Shiraz and a few rows of Cabernet Franc, lies on the slopes of the Great Dividing Range. The Cambrian derived soils of friable red brown gravelly loams run in a unique thin north-south non-continuous strip between two parallel fault lines. These are well drained soils with high levels of iron and good water holding properties. A laissez-faire winemaking approach is central to the style. During fermentation the wine is regularly pumped over to achieve supple tannins structures. The wine is matured for 14 months in a mixture of new and old French oak (mostly Alliers oak). Emily's Paddock shows power and refinement, with ripe fruit matching well-handled oak.

 

Top Vintages: 2010, 2006 ,2004, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1988, 1986, 1983

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Vintage 2012

Lower-than-average yields in Australia, as across much of Europe. This was blamed on high winds, drought and low fruitfulness resulting from the poor 2011 vintage. Quality, however, was much better than in the exceptionally damp 2011, with South Australia avoiding some of the weather extremes experienced by other states. Strong varietal typicality is a commonly cited feature of the 2012 crop.

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Medium deep crimson. Fresh redcurrant, peppercorn, slight mint aromas. Well concentrated wine with redcurrant red cherry, slight peppery flavours, fine looseknit slinky textures and fresh new mocha oak notes. Finishes al-dente firm with plenty of length.
Cooler spectrum of fruit aromatics with attractive richness and volume. 13% Alc 92 points 2020-2035

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Heathcote, Victoria
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