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  • Country ranking ?

    144
  • Producer ranking ?

    2
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Lamb

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The Story

Meshach Burge was Grant Burge's Great Grandfather, and the man who began the Burge winemaking tradition. Aged 11, he came to the Barossa Valley from Hillcot in Wiltshire, England, with his family establishing a thriving viticultural wheat and sheep property near Lyndoch. In 1865, under the watchful eye of his father, Meshach began making the first wines in the Burge winemaking history. In tribute, our finest Shiraz bears his name.

The fruit for this iconic wine is handpicked from the Filsell vineyard, where the vines are nearing 100 years old. Smaller parcels are also sourced from even older premium vines in the Barossa to add further complexity to the wine. The age of these vines means Meshach is made from fruit with tremendous concentration and intensity. 

THE WINEMAKING: After crushing the wine remains in the fermenters for between 5 days to 8 days, depending on the extraction required. The fermentation peaks at 28 ° C on day 3 and is then reduced back to 22 - 24 ° C for the remainder of the fermentation. The tanks are pumped over 3 times a day with the pump over times reduced from 30 mins to 15 mins as fermentation progresses. After pressing, the wine is allowed to settle for 24 hours prior to filling in new French (20%)and American (80%) oak barrels and then completes malo lactic fermentation in barrel.

The lees barrels are tasted every week and will remain on lees anywhere up to 9 months if required. The barrels are racked every 6 months with a total maturation of 22 months in the selected oak before bottling.
 

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Vintage 2002

Australia 2002 was a cold year with plenty of winter and spring rain to support the vines for the year. Summer and fall were completely dry. The summer was the coldest on record. Fall had one of the warmest endings. All of this meant that we had very low yields of grapes and produced high quality wines. The grapes had a very good scent (nose and taste, more floral than usual), good concentration and good acidity. A great year for whites and maybe a few reds. However, it was important to pick the grapes very ripe and keep the nitrogen to a minimum.

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Much was expected here – this is, after all, a great vintage – and it delivered beautifully. Big, rich, dense fruit. Spice, chocolate, cassis, black cherries, cigar box. Quite a complex style. Young but much has developed already. Super nose. This is a serious wine. Concentrated and yet very fine tannins. Richly flavoured, great length. An absolutely terrific wine and definitely one for the future. 96
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Origin

Barossa Valley, South-Australia

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