Grant Burge MIAMBA VINEYARD Shiraz Barossa Valley South Australia

Shiraz has been part of viticulture in the Barossa Valley since the 1840s and is ideally suited to the district’s soils and climate. The fruit for this wine comes from the Miamba Vineyard, which is located on deep alluvial soils in the Lyndoch Valley district of the Barossa, in between the renowned Filsell and Cameron Vale Vineyards. The fruit was harvested at full ripeness at about 14.5° Baume. After crushing, the shiraz was fermented on skins for seven days in a combination of stainless-steel rotary and static fermenters and open concrete fermenters. After pressing and completion of fermentation, the wine was matured in new and older small American and some French oak for 18 months. This is a full-flavoured wine with excellent deep red colour and a touch of crimson.The bouquet shows spicy fruit flavours redolent of rich fruitcake, combined with vanillin oak characters. The palate is full and generous with excellent mid-palate weight and gentle tannins. Oak underpins the fruit richness. While the wine is drinking well on release it has the structure to improve for at least a decade of cellaring under good conditions. Limited Availability. (6 x 75 cl)

Deep cherry red colour with aromas of pepper and spice on a raspberry framework. On the palate, raspberry come to the fore, delivering a wine which is soft and generously flavoured. The oak influence is restrained and adds complexity with savoury notes. (6 x 75 cl)

Made from 80 year old vines, this is a full-flavoured Barossa red wine, dark purple in colour with aromas of raspberry, plums and spice, backed with vanilla oak. This is a big, powerful wine with plenty of fleshy fruit and tightly grained tannins. (12 x 75 cl)

The colour is a combination of intense purples and garnet, with a nose exuding complex fruit and oak characters which follow through on the palate. Abundant tannins are firm without being harse. A big, bold wine, this is Barossa Shiraz at its best. (6 x 75 cl)

Dark purple in colour, with crimson tones and a highly concentrated, ripe raspberry nose, which also shows on the palate of this medium-bodied wine. It is soft and approachable, with excellent richness and concentration and a long, smooth finish. (6 x 75 cl)

The inaugral vintage. Concentrated and full bodied with complex and intense berry, herbal and mint characteristics. A wine of excellent structure, balanced acidity, long, soft tannins and an everlasting finish. 39% Shiraz, 35% Grenache, 26% Mourvedre. (6 x 75 cl)

Vibrant floral, perfumed aromas with a hint of lemon follow through to the palate where a crisp finish balances the clean sweetness. Medium-dry with a deliciously cleansing acidity (6 x 75 cl)

Vibrant floral, perfumed aromas with a hint of lemon follow through to the palate where a crisp finish balances the clean sweetness. Medium-dry with a deliciously cleansing acidity. (6 x 75 cl)

A bright straw coloured wine with varietal peach, melon and vanilla aromas which follow through on the palate. Partial malolactic fermentation and time on lees has offered buttery overtones and a soft, creamy texture. Fresh acidity balances this medium-bodied wine. (6 x 75 cl)