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Two trophies in as many weeks heralds the start of a strong show season for Blue Pyrenees. The news of the latest win comes as Blue Pyrenees kicks off its 42nd vintage at its historical estate near Avoca in the Pyrenees region of Western Victoria.
The inaugural Winewise Championships announced Blue Pyrenees Sparkling Shiraz 2004 the first "Champion Sparkling Shiraz" of the exciting new competition which salutes outstanding wines in a "best of the best' competition format. The best wines from Australia's leading national show, the "National Wine Show of Australia" and the "Winewise Small Vigneron Awards" are judged against the best wines from other major regional wine shows during the previous year's wine show circuit in order to select the Champion wines in each style category. Some wildcard entries from invited winemakers were also included to balance out the first year's competition.
Less than a fortnight ago, the newly released 2008 Blue Pyrenees Cabernet Sauvignon won the Trophy for the Best Dry Red Wine in the Commercial Classes (Classes 9-14) at the highly regarded Macquarie Group Sydney Royal Wine Show 2010.
Unlike most Sparkling Shiraz made in Australia, the Blue Pyrenees wine is made in small batches and the still base wine is oak matured in small oak barrels for 2 years prior to blending and undergoing the secondary fermentation in bottle. A further 2 years maturation on lees significantly raises the bar in terms of wine quality and complexity, and the resulting wine has superb ageing ability. The 2004 Sparkling Shiraz is the current release, having benefitted from several years cellaring prior to release.
"One of our aims when I joined Blue Pyrenees in 2004 was to improve wine standards right across the range and I think these results prove we have done just that. Winning a sparkling and still wine trophy in a matter of weeks is good confirmation that we are doing great things at Blue Pyrenees" says Chief Winemaker, Andrew Koerner of the recent wins.
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