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Wine Description
The Story
JACOB’S CREEK Heritage range comprises the finest wines made under the Jacob’s Creek brand. Each Heritage wine honors a person and place in the rich history of Gramp & Sons winery that stretches back over 160 years. Centenary Hill Shiraz pays tribute to Fred Gramp, who planted a Morton Bay fig tree at the site now known as Centenary Hill in 1947 on the 100th anniversary of the winery.
The distinctive personality of Centenary Hill Shiraz ma...
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 ma...
