Bunnamagoo Estate Shiraz

Winemaker  Robert Black

Vintage:  current

Region Mudgee, NSW

Tasting Notes  The 2010  Bunnamagoo Shiraz was made with fruit grown at Bunnamagoo's Eurunderee vineyard near Mudgee NSW.  Bunnamagoo's winemaker, Robert Black, fermented the fruit in stainless steel potters for 7 days before pressing.  A mixture of new and old American and French barriques, hogsheads and puncheons were used to complete malolactic fermentation. 

Aroma After 12 months maturation the wine developed a medium body with red cherry, mulberry and coconut aromas. 

Palate The palate is laden with bright and elegant fruit and finishes with mixed spice and soft tannins. 

Cellaring The wine will reward patient cellaring over the following 10 years.

Alcohol: 13.5%.

The historic homestead and 5,000 acres of prime grazing land at the Bunnamagoo Estate lie between Bathurst and Oberon in Central Ranges,New South Wales,Explorer Country; the other Paspaley vineyard is at Eurunderee, in the Mudgee district, 200 kilometres away. This Central Tablelands area of New South Wales was chosen as the site for some of the earliest vineyards in the colony including the first plantings of chardonnay by Adam Roth in 1858 on a land which now forms part of the Eurunderee vineyard. It is hardly surprising that the area has found its place among the best wine regions of Australia