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GOLD MEDAL
Review by: Berlin Wine Trophy 2017
97 POINTS
Review by: Huon Hooke, huonhooke.com
Equal #1 of 72 rated Barossa Shiraz 2015 Deep red colour with a good tint of purple, the bouquet deep in dark chocolate and cocoa powder, charcoal, soot and earthy notes, and rich dark fruitcake. The wine is magnificently sumptuous in the mouth: very rich, velvet textured, concentrated and beautifully balanced. Powerful and long, but not a bl...
Wine Description
The Story
The Barossa is a truly unique part of the Australian wine industry and the Château is one of the most established names in the Barossa.
All our premium wines are uncrushed, basket pressed and unfiltered with minimal intervention to allow the true character of the grapes to express themselves. The combination of traditional methods with the best technology creates an elegance and softness typical of our wines.
The Barossa is home to some ...
Wine Information
The hand-picked grapes were destemmed, but not crushed, and spent seven days on their skins in open fermenters with daily hand-plunging and pumping over of the cap to more gently extract colour, flavours and tannins. This was followed by careful basket pressing followed 22 months' maturation in our cellars in a combination of French and American oak (20% New).
In keeping with the non-interventionist winemaking style we have neither fined no...
