Capercaillie Merlot Mudgee New South Wales Australia
Where it's from:
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Price per case:
£195.66
Bottles per case:
12 x 75 cl
Style:
Soft & Supple Reds
Description:
From the 1,000 metre high slopes of Mount Canobolas this beautifully rich but soft style exhibits all sorts of red berry, mocha, anise and vanillin aromas and flavours. (12 x 75 cl)
Region:
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Producer:
Capercaillie Wine Company
Product ID:
43604
Farmer's Daughter Shiraz Mudgee NSW Australia Description: Medium to full purple-red; clean, fresh, bright dark cherry fruit on the bouquet introduces a beautifully balanced and proportioned wine, with a mix of spicy/earthy secondary aromas. The palate is medium bodied with flavours all in a savoury spectrum. Estate produced from relatively young vines, and showing exceptionally skilful winemaking. This is what Australian Shiraz’s are all about. A fantastic example of a more subtle Australian Shiraz at its best – a medium bodied red with spicy/earth flavours and dark fruits. Mudgee is a small wine region to the north west of Sydney. It has some great red clay soils ideal for viticulture. Farmers Daughter is a boutique winery proud of its Mudgee and family routes. Lance and Gwen turned from farming to winemaking and named the winery for their daughters Michelle and Vicki. They recruited award winning winemaker Joe Lesnik who started making wine as an apprentice 38 years ago. Their 1999 Shiraz won the outstanding wine at the Mudgee Wine Show in 2001 and they have never looked back. We have two of their outstanding reds in the Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz and these bottles are prime examples of premium Aussie reds. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £166.13
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Farmer's Daughter Cabernet Sauvignon Mudgee NSW
Description: Medium red-purple; the bouquet and the palate is intense, fragrant blackcurrant aromas with plenty of sweet cassis fruit to be found, touches of chocolate and vanilla. Good tannin structure and mouth feel. Medium bodied red with fragrant blackcurrant flavours – another great wine from this noble grape variety. Like all of the wines from Farmer's Daughter, estate-grown on excellent red clay soils. Mudgee is a small wine region to the north west of Sydney. It has some great red clay soils ideal for viticulture. Farmers Daughter is a boutique winery proud of its Mudgee and family routes. Lance and Gwen turned from farming to winemaking and named the winery for their daughters Michelle and Vicki. They recruited award winning winemaker Joe Lesnik who started making wine as an apprentice 38 years ago. Their 1999 Shiraz won the outstanding wine at the Mudgee Wine Show in 2001 and they have never looked back. We have two of their outstanding reds in the Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz and these bottles are prime examples of premium Aussie reds. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £159.46
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Rosemount Estate HILL OF GOLD Cabernet Sauvignon Mudgee Region
Description: Blackcurrant and dark chocolate flavours, underpinned by fine cedary oak. **** 4 Star Award Decanter Magazine April 2003 The grapes are exclusively from the Hill of Gold vineyards in Mudgee, NewSouthWales.Fruity nose with lots of berry fruit, dark chocolate and toasty oak. Firm tannin with rich but elegant fruit characters, long finish. Up to 2 years. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £62.13
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Rothbury Estate MUDGEE Shiraz NSW
Description: The Mudgee Shiraz is deep purple red in the glass. This wine displays plummy, peppery sweet fruit and toasted oak characters, great length of flavour and soft velvety tannins Mudgee is an Aboriginal word meaning -nest in the hills. The region has been growing wine grapes since the 1850’s and is highly regarded for producing rich and full flavoured red wines with well-structured tannins. Located 260km north-west of Sydney, Mudgee is considered a warm climate region and exceptionally suited to growing shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and merlot. Fruit for this wine was sourced from The Rothbury Estate’s own vineyards at Mudgee on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, and from long term growers in the region. Winemaking. The wine began fermentation in tank at warm temperatures for up to six days before being pressed and transferred into seasoned American and French oak barriques. The wine completed its fermentation in these vessels, gaining complexity and integration, and was matured in the same barrels for a further 12 months before bottling. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £47.64
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Rothbury Estate MUDGEE Cabernet Merlot NSW
Description: This wine is a deep rich red in colour and displays smoky blueberry and blackcurrant aromas and ripe flavours of cassis with hints of chocolate. This wine has deep velvety tannins and a finish that is soft and round. VITICULTURE Fruit for this wine was sourced from The Rothbury Estate’s own vineyards at Mudgee. Mudgee is located on the western slopes of The Great Dividing Range at an altitude of 650-700 metres above sea level. The region offers an excellent climate for the ripening of most grape varieties due to warm summers and dry conditions during harvest. WINEMAKING Parcels of cabernet and merlot were kept separate throughout the winemaking process. Following de-stemming and crushing the parcels of fruit were chilled to 12 ° C. Fermentation then took place in temperature controlled static tank fermenters. After pressing the wine was transferred to American oak barrels for 12 months maturation. Careful bench appraisals were carried out before the final blending of the wine. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £47.64
