2017 Blue Pyrenees Estate Red

Cellar Door

$38.00

Club

$28.50

Varieties

Cabernet Sauvignon

Merlot

Malbec

Vintage

2017

Country

Australia

Region

Pyrenees

Alcohol

14.1%

Bottle size

750 mL

Drinking Window

2018 - 2037

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Awards

Title

Gold Medal

Year

2019

Event

China Wine & Spirit Awards

Description

RRP: $44.00
CELLAR DOOR: $38.00
WINE CLUB: $28.50

Eyes

Bright ruby red.

Nose

Classic vibrant cassis fruit, violets, forest floor complexity & classy cedar oak aromas.

Mouth

Juicy ripe blackberries up front, complimented by tobacco leaves, mushroom & supporting cedary oak. The even palate structure of this blended red is framed by abundant yet integrated fine grain tannins & delivers a traditional old world style, suitable for ageing, with lingering fresh berry & choc-mint flavours.

Body

full

Winemaking Notes

The Pyrenees region of Australia is best known for its bold savoury red wines & the “Estate” from Blue Pyrenees uses blending of the Estate vineyard’s best components to consistently reinforce this reputation. The 2016/2017 growing season was the wettest since 2010/11 with rains throughout winter & spring, then a mild summer & a warm dry autumn to finish which resulted in good vine canopies & above average size crops. The individual vineyard components were kept separate — initially in fifteen tonne static & three tonne open fermenters — then also while maturing in new (40%), two year-old (30%) & four year-old (30%) French & American oak barriques for a full 24 months. Final selections, then blending, a light egg white fining & bottling all occurred in June & July 2019.

Food Pairing

Full bodied flavoursome Pyrenees red blends such as this have many possible food matches but beef steak is a classic favourite, with the wine’s many tannins tempered by the juicy fatty texture of a medium rare T-bone with mushroom sauce.