Zonte's FootstepHills Are Alive Shiraz 2018
About this product
“Lively Red Cherries with spiced plums and Liquorice;
Silky soft tannins with dusts of White Pepper;
perfumed and pretty with hints of rose petals;
these are a few of our favourite things.”
– Maria von Trapp (with artistic license).
“Lively Red Cherries with spiced plums and Liquorice;
Silky soft tannins with dusts of White Pepper;
perfumed and pretty with hints of rose petals;
these are a few of our favourite things.”
– Maria von Trapp (with artistic license).
- TypeShiraz
- Size750mL
- RegionAdelaide Hills
- Current Vintage2017
- Standard Drinks8.6
- Alcohol Volume14.5%
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NameZonte's Footstep
- Wine MakerBrad Rey
- Food MatchLamb
- Vegan Friendlytrue
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
Gold Medal - CWSA 2019 Gold Medal - Womens Wine Awards 2019 Gold Medal - International Wine Challenge 2019 Gold Medal - Women's Wine & Spirits Awards 2018 Gold Medal - AWC Vienna 2018 Gold Medal - Critics Challenge 2018 Gold Medal - Korea Wine Challenge 2018 Gold Medal - 2018 World Wine Championships - Tastings.com 95 Points - Wine Showcase Jul/Aug 2019 "Elegant wine with lots of raspberry fruit and perfect amount of tannins. Lovely mouthful and length." 93 Points/Exceptional - Tastings.com 11/06/2018 "Dull dusty garnet color. Aromas and flavors of wax and sesame oil, spiced dark berries, toffee, and mint with a satiny, tangy, fruity medium-to-full body and a tingling, captivating, long blueberry tart, citrus marmalade, vanilla custard, and pepper finish with light oak. A richly flavorful, slightly brooding shiraz that delivers great pleasure now and will will reward patience with even more in the future." 96 Points - International Wine Challenge 2019 "Turbo charged blockbuster of a wine. Super ripe red fruit, with heady eucalyptus and fine grained texture, well supported with elegant and spiced vanilla oak. Fabulously balanced, well made with a length that lasts for days." 90 Points - Decanter World Wine Awards 2019.
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 2017
94 points Halliday Companion
"38 year old vines are at their peak in terms of yield and quality. This wine has vibrancy, the crimson colour an early harbinger of freshness and the cool vintage at work. If it has four legs, this will suit any carnivore's choice." - Halliday Wine Companion 2020
Vintage 2017
95 points Wine Orbit
"A wine of beauty and grace as well as richness and opulence; the complex bouquet shows dark fruit intensity with cocoa, smoked game, spice and olive characters, followed by a sumptuous palate that offers outstanding fruit concentration and velvety mouthfeel. It is addictively perfumed and multi-layered with sensual mouthfeel and seamlessly woven fine tannins. At its best: now to 2030." - March 2019
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