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Heirloom VineyardsMcLaren Vale Shiraz 2020
Dry, Full Bodied style of Shiraz
McLaren Vale, Australia
About this product
Dry, Full Bodied style of ShirazMcLaren Vale, AustraliaThis Heirloom Vineyards Shiraz was sourced from hand tended vines, sorted bunch by bunch, naturally open fermented, with gentle pumping over to extract colour, flavour and tannin. Aged in some new but mainly 3 and 4 year year old American and French oak barrels for 16 months.
COLOUR
Deep, black to purple-red. Bright.
AROMA
Freshly shaved white chocolate tossed through ripe halved and de-stoned just-picked plums; also some all-spice, dried orange peel, a tincture of rubbed fresh lavender, and a cap full of red vermouth.
PALATE
Acid freshness and length; berry and plums fruit flavours; rounded tannins that stoutly fight to keep the wine from disappearing too quickly. Milk chocolate flavours are kept taut by notes of fennel and aniseed, bay leaf and black peppercorn - and black olive. An all too naturally dovetailed package of McLaren Vale shiraz.
OVERALL
Bright berry and plums tastes rounded out by the gentle surge of soft tannins make this red wine well suited to grilled meats, anything with pepper or spice, or a particularly simple terrine or pate. It is drawn to Peking Duck..
COLOUR
Deep, black to purple-red. Bright.
AROMA
Freshly shaved white chocolate tossed through ripe halved and de-stoned just-picked plums; also some all-spice, dried orange peel, a tincture of rubbed fresh lavender, and a cap full of red vermouth.
PALATE
Acid freshness and length; berry and plums fruit flavours; rounded tannins that stoutly fight to keep the wine from disappearing too quickly. Milk chocolate flavours are kept taut by notes of fennel and aniseed, bay leaf and black peppercorn - and black olive. An all too naturally dovetailed package of McLaren Vale shiraz.
OVERALL
Bright berry and plums tastes rounded out by the gentle surge of soft tannins make this red wine well suited to grilled meats, anything with pepper or spice, or a particularly simple terrine or pate. It is drawn to Peking Duck..
This Heirloom Vineyards Shiraz was sourced from hand tended vines, sorted bunch by bunch, naturally open fermented, with gentle pumping over to extract colour, flavour and tannin. Aged in some new but mainly 3 and 4 year year old American and French oak barrels for 16 months.
COLOUR
Deep, black to purple-red. Bright.
AROMA
Freshly shaved white chocolate tossed through ripe halved and de-stoned just-picked plums; also some all-spice, dried orange peel, a tincture of rubbed fresh lavender, and a cap full of red vermouth.
PALATE
Acid freshness and length; berry and plums fruit flavours; rounded tannins that stoutly fight to keep the wine from disappearing too quickly. Milk chocolate flavours are kept taut by notes of fennel and aniseed, bay leaf and black peppercorn - and black olive. An all too naturally dovetailed package of McLaren Vale shiraz.
OVERALL
Bright berry and plums tastes rounded out by the gentle surge of soft tannins make this red wine well suited to grilled meats, anything with pepper or spice, or a particularly simple terrine or pate. It is drawn to Peking Duck..
COLOUR
Deep, black to purple-red. Bright.
AROMA
Freshly shaved white chocolate tossed through ripe halved and de-stoned just-picked plums; also some all-spice, dried orange peel, a tincture of rubbed fresh lavender, and a cap full of red vermouth.
PALATE
Acid freshness and length; berry and plums fruit flavours; rounded tannins that stoutly fight to keep the wine from disappearing too quickly. Milk chocolate flavours are kept taut by notes of fennel and aniseed, bay leaf and black peppercorn - and black olive. An all too naturally dovetailed package of McLaren Vale shiraz.
OVERALL
Bright berry and plums tastes rounded out by the gentle surge of soft tannins make this red wine well suited to grilled meats, anything with pepper or spice, or a particularly simple terrine or pate. It is drawn to Peking Duck..
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
- RegionMcLaren Vale
- Current Vintage2020
- Standard Drinks8.6
- Alcohol Volume14.5%
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NameHeirloom Vineyards
- Wine MakerElena Brooks & Alexandra Haselich
- Vegan Friendlytrue
- ClosureScrew Cap
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyFull Bodied
Melbourne International Wine Competition 2022 – Double Gold Medal, 96 Points • Women’s Wine & Spirits Awards 2022 – Gold Medal • China Wine & Spirits Awards Best Value 2022 – Gold Medal • The Real Review, Stuart Knox (March 2022) – 94 Points • 2021 Sommelier Challenge International Wine & Spirits Competition (USA) – 90 Points, Gold
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 2020
96 points AUSTRALIAN WINE COMPANION
The deep – verging on opaque – colour rings a bell warning of the arrival of an exotic full-bodied shiraz, arguing the toss on varietal expression (unctuous blackberry and licorice) and sense of place (dark chocolate) with ripe, gently chewy tannins and a benison of oak.
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