WendoureeMount Pleasant Old Paddock Old Hill Shiraz 2014 Bottles
Dry, Full Bodied style of Shiraz
Clare Valley, Australia
About this product
Dry, Full Bodied style of ShirazClare Valley, AustraliaTony and Lita Brady’s spectacularly individual Wendouree Shiraz has remained true to its origins since Alfred Percy Birks planted vines in 1893. It is considered by many as one of Australia’s greatest Shirazes. The vineyard is tiny, with low-yielding, beautifully formed old vines, many from the original plantings. Low input viticulture, laissez faire winemaking and maturation in about 1-3 new oak allows the wine to speak of place. These are dense, strongly flavoured wines with beautifully intense fruit, powerful tannins, and exceptional cellaring potential.
Tony and Lita Brady’s spectacularly individual Wendouree Shiraz has remained true to its origins since Alfred Percy Birks planted vines in 1893. It is considered by many as one of Australia’s greatest Shirazes. The vineyard is tiny, with low-yielding, beautifully formed old vines, many from the original plantings. Low input viticulture, laissez faire winemaking and maturation in about 1-3 new oak allows the wine to speak of place. These are dense, strongly flavoured wines with beautifully intense fruit, powerful tannins, and exceptional cellaring potential.
Full bodied red wines have a noticeably textural mouthfeel with bold, complex flavours. Often deeply coloured.
Dry wines have no trace of sweetness at all.
- TypeShiraz
- Size750ML
- RegionClare Valley
- Current Vintage2010
- Alcohol Volume14%
- Langtons ClassifiedExceptional
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NameWendouree
- ClosureCork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
- More about Huon Hooke
Huon Hooke
Prolific Australian wine reviewer for Fairfax Media and The Real Review
Vintage 2010
94 points The Real Review
Creosote, slightly oxidative nose but cleared up with airing, revealing the trademark camphor note. The palate is very drying and mature—no point blaming the cork as it's screwcapped. Later, it seemed more herbal than oxidative. A very good wine, just not the star that was anticipated.
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