2015 Blue Pyrenees Section One Shiraz

Cellar Door

$36.00

Club

$28.80

Varieties

Viognier

Shiraz

Vintage

2015

Country

Australia

Region

Pyrenees

Alcohol

14.4%

Bottle size

750 mL

Drinking Window

2017 - 2027

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Awards

Title

Gold Medal

Year

2018

Event

China Wine and Spirits Awards Best Value

Title

Gold Medal

Year

2018

Event

London Wine Competition

Title

Four Stars

Year

2018

Event

Winestate Magazine World’s Greatest Shiraz/Syrah Challenge

Title

Silver Medal

Year

2018

Event

International Cool Climate Wine Show

Title

Gold Medal

Year

2018

Event

Melbourne International Wine Competition

Title

Gold Medal

Year

2018

Event

Royal Adelaide Wine Show

Description

RRP: $42.00
CELLAR DOOR: $36.00
WINE CLUB: $28.80

Eyes

Bright ruby red.

Nose

Fragrant ripe blueberry fruit aromas plus toasty oak, subtle mushroom & spice.

Mouth

Dark fruits and licorice intermingled with forest undergrowth notes precede a long lasting, fine tannin Rosemary-flavoured finish. The medium weight but firm structure and fruit vibrancy of this wine ensure it has many possible food matches.

Winemaking Notes

The Blue Pyrenees Estate Section One Shiraz wine was formerly known as Reserve Shiraz but year after year the majority of this wine is made from the oldest Shiraz vines known as “Section One” or block one of the Estate Vineyard. So from 2013 the new name Section One is adopted for the wine made from these 40+ year old vines. These robust old vines weather the variable vintage conditions better than any others and exhibit strong regional and varietal characters when approaching maturity. The grapes are co-fermented to dryness in open and closed fermenters with a small amount of Viognier grapes before gentle pressing to extract all the colour, flavour and natural tannin from the skins. After pressing the wine is racked to barrels, new to four year old French and American oak barriques for secondary fermentation & 24 months maturation before final barrel selection, blending of those barrels, and a light egg white fining before bottling.