Briar Ridge Early Harvest Semillon Hunter Valley Australia
Where it's from:
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Price per case:
£145.54
Bottles per case:
12 x 75 cl
Style:
Zesty/Aromatic Dry Whites
Description:
This unoaked Hunter Valley Semillon exhibits typical grassy, herbaceous nose, soft palate and fresh acid finish. Can be enjoyed now – cellaring potential 2-5 years. The ‘early harvest’ grapes are picked before full maturity to retain natural acidity and to capture the grassy herbaceous bouquet exhibited by this variety. This also helps keep the wine light, producing a delicate and refreshing dry white wine; ideal for summer drinking. Briar Ridge Winery is located at the Southern tip of the Hunter Valley wine region in New South Wales, that’s only about two and a half hours north of Sydney. The winery has a beautiful aspect with the vines covering about 70 acres around the winery at Mount View. Winemaker Steve Dodd has 20 years of Hunter winemaking experience and this is expressed in the range of wines of intensive fruit flavour but refreshing lightness. The Semillon grape grown in the Hunter Valley produces a globally distinct wine and Briar Ridge has a great example that we are able to offer you, along with another white of fruity originality the crop-thinned verdelho. Briar Ridge is all about hand crafted quality wines; they clip nearly a third of the fruit bunches off the vines to ensure the rest develop the intense fruit flavours they are looking for. (12 x 75 cl)
Region:
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Producer:
Briar Ridge Vineyard Cessnock NSW
Product ID:
47714
Knappstein Clare Valley Shiraz South Australia
Description: Ripe berry fruit with a spicy peppery note. A silky texture. Fine natural tannins. Very enjoyable drinking now, or cellar for up to ten years.Clare Valley Shiraz is a regional speciality. Early in the 1980's our shiraz vines were grafted over to other more commercially viable varieties. The wheel has turned full circle and we have 'ungrafted' the chardonnay. The vines have reverted to original root stock, and we're in the exciting position of soon to have thirty-year old shiraz vines which in future vintages will be used for our Knappstein Shiraz. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £56.55
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Rymill Coonawarra Shiraz South East Australia
Description: Shiraz has long been established in Coonawarra. The Shiraz from The Riddoch Run vineyards is harvested from vines growing in very shallow soil, which reduces crop yields, but produces intense, spicy, blackcurrant and peppery flavours that are enhanced by maturation in predominantly French oak barriques. Rich, flavoursome and balanced by fine-grained tannins, this wine can be enjoyed early or cellared for 6-8 years. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £135.04
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Vina Ventisquero CHILENO Shiraz Cabernet Colchagua Valley
Description: TASTING NOTE Deep ruby red color, with mature black and red fruit aromas. Medium bodied with fresh acidity and soft tannins. Long finish with vanilla overtones. WINEMAKERS NOTES Colchagaua valley fared quite well and saw little or no rain during harvest. Harvesting took place early in February and beginning of March due to mild and dry conditions. Both the Shiraz and Cabernet from this area has been deemed particularly good. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Chilean culture with its heritage, myriad crafts and vibrant colours is reflected in this Chileno wine. Chileno is a joint venture between PLB and Viña Ventisquero, with vineyards based in five of Chile's top sites (12 x 75 cl) Price: £63.36
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Peter Lehmann WILDCARD Shiraz South Australia
Description: From Fruit source and selected in South Australian Riverland and Barossa Vineyards this shiraz has a bright deep red colour with a purple rim. The bouquet has a lovely plum fruit with leafy notes while the palate has a beautifully soft, fruit driven style showing typical shiraz richness reined in by the soft tannin finish. The Peter Lehmann winemakers have identified Shiraz vineyards which will give grapes of the quality they seek. Working closely with selected growers, yields are monitored and harvest only occurs when the grapes are at optimum maturity. A deliciously soft style of shiraz: a red wine to be enjoyed in its fresh youthfulness. (12 x 75 cl) Price: £65.88
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Torbreck THE FACTOR Shiraz Barossa Valley
Description: This wine is composed of 100% Shiraz and was first produced from the 1998 vintage. In the early 1980s valuable Australian Shiraz vineyards were pulled out because of lack of market interest. The movement to cool climate viticulture and wine made the Barossa, of all places, look rather irrelevant. However this trend reversed dramatically with the internationalization of the Australian wine market and renewed enthusiasm of local buyers. This is our tribute to those surviving vines and is made in the traditional Barossa manner , rich and rewarding upon release and beautifully ethereal with age. Varietal : 100 percent Shiraz Regions : Marananga, Koonunga Hill, Moppa, Gomersal (6 x 75 cl) Price: £294.95
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Knappstein ENTERPRISE Shiraz Clare Valley South Australia
Description: A blockbuster Clare Valley powerhouse... a mass of dense and concentrated ripe shiraz fruit The Enterprise Wines are extremely limited in supply. The Enterprise name celebrates our Winery building, constructed in 1870 as the Enterprise Brewery, as well as the original name of our label founded in the early 1970's. We do not necessarily release an Enterprise Shiraz every vintage. Introduced less than three years ago, our Enterprise wines represent the best parcels of fruit from our Clare Vineyards, and benefit with extended barrel and bottle maturation prior to release. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £106.77
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Redbank THE ANVIL Shiraz Heathcote Victoria Australia
Description: Redbank’s badge, the Anvil, is a symbol of times gone by when the early settlers handcrafted their farming implements with the heat of the blazing forge and the strength of the anvil. This strength was apparent in the hard working migrants who established a thriving farming community in the rugged High Country of North East Victoria. Today a small, select 'family' of growers, some direct descendents of the original pioneers, produce premium fruit for the wines of Redbank. Vineyards that are lashed by blizzardly cold winter winds and buried in snow for part of the year emerge at harvest with grapes of the highest quality that enable the Redbank winemakers to produce superb cool climate wines. The Anvil Shiraz has a lifted nose showing blackberry and mulberry,with violets and white pepper. The nose displays the regionality of the wine,with the complexity coming from touches of chocolate, tobacco leaf and toasted oak. The palate is elegant with the sweet blackberry fruit balanced by very fine, silky tannins. The flavours are of spice, chocolate and well integrated French oak, with a mouthwatering finish. Heathcote is very different to the other high altitude vineyards used for most of the wines from Redbank. The climatic conditions in and around Heathcote region are tough. Recent prolonged drought and severe frosts have tested the resolve of the hardy grape grower. However, low rainfall, warm days and cool nights provide ideal conditions for ripening the Shiraz fruit. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £123.59
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Simonsig Shiraz Stellenbosch RSA
Description: 17 months in small oak and about 35% in big wood. Small oak, mostly French with 11% American oak. Very light egg white fining before bottling. The oldest Shiraz vineyards on the Estate were planted in 1973 and the yields are sometimes as low as 4 tons per hectare. In 1993 a new planting program was started for Shiraz and only the best available clones were planted. These clones are all virus free and come from South Africa, France and Argentina. The new clones ripen earlier with high sugar levels and an abundance of colour. The yields are also higher and a green harvest was done just prior to veraison. Garnet red colour. The nose shows pepper and fynbos or dried protea flavours with toasty vanilla oak sweetness. Spicy complexity with lively fruit lies gently on the palate and a soft tannin structure rounds of this medium bodied Shiraz. Silver award at the 1999 Veritas Awards. www.simonsig.co.za (12 x 75 cl) Price: £118.33
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Errazuriz LA CUMBRE Shiraz Aconcagua Valley Chile
Description: Errazuriz were the first to plant and produce Shiraz in Chile. This, their flagship Shiraz, is a wine produced from the very best fruit across the Errazuriz vineyards each vintage. The ultimate Shiraz (6 x 75 cl) Price: £80.46
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Peter Lehmann STONEWELL Shiraz Barossa Valley South Australia
Description: Stonewell Shiraz is the best, most concentrated Peter Lehmann Shiraz of vintage.The Shiraz grapes are drawn from old, dry-grown, low yielding in the western areas of the Barossa Valley. These old vineyards, many planted well over 100 years ago, produce small bunches with tiny berries (6 x 75 cl) Price: £162.22
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Elderton COMMAND Shiraz Barossa Valley South Australia
Description: The Elderton Command Shiraz has established an enviable reputation since the first vintage in 1984. It is truly one of Australia's best and most highly regarded Icon wines.The Elderton Command Shiraz grapes are grown on a selected portion of the Elderton Estate vineyard, from vines planted in the early 1900s. Grown on rich river silt soils and red brown earth over limestone, in a Mediterranean climate with cropping levels less than four tonnes per hectare. Minimal pressing, long fermentation, long term maturation and 12 months bottle age prior to release, make this quality wine complex and balanced with a long-term cellaring potential. Almost black, inky colour and a lifted bouquet with floral tones and a hint of cedar nose. It shows spicy lifted oak, with loads of plums and berry fruits and huge soft tannins. The wine is rich and powerful, yet balanced throughout. (6 x 75 cl) Price: £162.64
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