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Majella Estate Shiraz Coonawarra South Australia |
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Majella Estate Shiraz Coonawarra South Australia - 2004 |
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Where it's from:
>Australia
>South Australia
>Coonawarra
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| Price per case: |
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£185.18
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| Bottle size: |
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75 cl |
| Bottles per case: |
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12 |
| Style: |
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Soft & Supple Reds |
| Grapes: |
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Syrah (Shiraz) |
| Description: |
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The Lynn family have been residents of the Penola - Coonawarra district for over four generations, starting out as Store-Keepers and then graduating into grazing. The property on which Majella now stands was originally owned by Frank Lynn, and bought by his nephew, George, in 1960.
George and Pat Lynn kept Merino's for wool production on their farm about ten miles away, and had always wanted some good Coonawarra country for their up-and-coming prime lamb enterprise. Viticulture, however, was not on their agenda until 1968. George had always been great friends with Eric Brand and he had just started producing his wines under the Laira label and was selling some wine to the Hardy wine company.
Brian was interested in developing a vineyard on the Majella property and in 1968 went ahead and planted the first 6 acres of Shiraz. Today there are some 60 hectares planted under vine with most of it being Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, but there are some small areas of Merlot and Riesling planted as well.
While the development of the vineyard and the grapes was important in 1991 Majella finally made 600 cases or so of Shiraz. The wine was vintaged at Brand's 'Laira' winery (the link with Brand's won't go away) and made under the ever watchful eye of their winemaker, Bruce Gregory. This hit the market in 1993 and was received exceptionally well. The wine was good, the packaging looked great and Majella sold out in no time.
100% Shiraz with a Brown/ brick red colour this Shiraz has a lovely cherry nose as well as some tar or bitumen and coffee aromas. The developed soft tannins with sweet cherry fruit are still evident, as well as '''eather' characters culminating in a complex finish.
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Australia |
| Region: |
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South Australia |
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Coonawarra |
| Producer: |
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Majella |
| Product ID: |
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41613 |
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4 |
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