Pairs well with: Beef prepared with a spice rubĭonnie Austin's advice: "What's interesting about this is they leave the grapes on longer, where they start to begin to shrivel.
Australian wines, perhaps including some of these, will be featured at House Wine's tasting starting at 6 tonight.įlavors: Full-bodied, with ripe berry and creamy, toasted vanilla tastes The shiraz selections he's sharing are all from different sub-regions in South Australia - which produces half of the country's wine. "Or they can be the fireplace, because of the alcohol level that'll warm you up." "I call them 'fireplace wines,' " Austin said. And the success of shiraz has led other producers to adopt the name for their own wines.ĭonnie Austin, owner of House Wine in Worthington, thinks shiraz is great wine to stock up on in advance of fall. The grape varietal is known as "syrah" everywhere else in the world, but Australians christened it "shiraz" when they began growing it about 150 years ago. The ferments were pressed to new and mature French oak puncheons, where they were nurtured for 12 months prior to blending and bottling.Australia's been so successful at making shiraz, producers the world over are starting to jump on the bandwagon. The small batch open ferments were carefully plunged and pumped over for 10-15 days to extract colour, flavour and tannin structure. 40% of the harvest was used as whole bunches while the remainder was delicately destemmed and fermented using 100% indigenous (wild) yeast. Vinification: The grapes were hand picked and selector harvested at optimum flavour and sugar equilibrium. Variety: Shiraz 100%: Organic | BiodynamicĬellaring: This wine can be enjoyed young, however, careful cellaring for 5–20 years will be rewarded Tempranillo and Graciano are showing lovely plum and pepper characters and will be intriguing to see how they develop after time in oak and bottle. Varietal expression was excellent with Shiraz and Grenache showing lovely intense flavour without excessive tannin or alcohol. Moderate weather throughout the picking season, combined with lower yields allowed the flavours to develop harmoniously and in balance. Fortunately McLaren Vale was largely unaffected by this devastation and the early signs indicate 2020 to be a very special vintage one to savour. Another intense drought year through the growing season was followed by one of the most devastating bushfire seasons this country has ever seen. Vintage: 2020 posed many challenges throughout Australia.
A delicate finish like sinking your toes into the smooth, fine sands of the Whitsundays. Medium bodied, it feels like a juxtaposition of goats nibbling their way through brambly wild berries and mint and the tension of acrobatic tricks on a high wire. Palate: The energy is enlivening as this wine graces the palate, long and undeviating on first taste, it fills out with a little time in the glass. After some air, touches of Turkish spices hint to the delicate integration of French oak. Bunchy characters like homemade boiled lollies, strawberry shortcakes and lilly pillies meld with smoky speck and brooding dark musk. We think this wine exhibits these characteristics and provides both concentration and flavour and a certain delicacy, rather than simple raw power.Īroma: This is really an olfactory party, there’s so much going on. Our farming practices are designed to produce wines of intensity, but also with layers of texture, flavour and interest for the consumer. Quandong Farm Shiraz is a single vineyard wine that aims to highlight the intensity and brightness of fruit grown using biodynamic techniques. Tasting Notes for Paxton Quandong Farm Shiraz 2020 from the Winery
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