Blue Pyrenees Shiraz

Winemaking
Shiraz produces Australia’s most notable dry red wines. The variety is very successful on sites that allow the vine to attain flavour ripeness whilst retaining balanced levels of sugar, tannin and acid. Blue Pyrenees Estate Vineyard is one such site. The 2008 Blue Pyrenees Shiraz is produced from parcels of fruit grown on low-yielding exposed vines creating a wine of intense flavours, naturally soft tannin and the classic rich Shiraz structure. The classic 2007 / 2008 growing season provided ideal winter and spring rains, finished by a warm dry summer and autumn which translated to excellent Shiraz ripening conditions. Maturation for 18 months in a combination of new, one, and two-year-old French and American oak barriques has added softness, texture and complexity to a wine of impressive concentration.

Vintage 2008

Colour: Bright ruby red.

Aroma:     Regional spices like cardamom and clove rise over ripe blueberry fruit and a touch of vanillan oak.

Palate:     The blueberry like fruit gives way to those tell-tale foresty spices and a rich mid-palate of chocolate, vanilla and balanced acidity.  The soft tannin structure of this wine allows lingering fruit flavours to shine throughout the long dry finish.

Cellaring:     Can be enjoyed now or cellared with confidence for 10 years.

Technical:    
Alcohol: 14.1%       
TA: 6.15g/L     
pH: 3.51

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