Tatiarra Caravan of Dreams Pressings Shiraz 2005
Syrah/Shiraz
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Robert
Parker
Product Details
Varietal
Producer
Vintage
2005
Size
750ML
ABV
15.5%
Features
Boutique
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Somm Note
Winemaker Notes
Totally opaque black crimson color with deep black crimson hue. The nose displays great intensity with perfumed aromas of liquorice allsorts, blackberry, dark plum and confectionary with a hint of vanillin oak as an end note. Stunning concentration and flavor packed, the palate boasts tremendous richness with mouthfilling flavors of ripe blackberry, blackpepper, liquorice allsorts, confectionary, spice and vanilla. Exceptional depth and persistence with super fine grained perfectly balanced tannins. Very long aftertaste of blackpepper, liquorice and blackberry. Both the 2004 & 2005 vintages showed stronger blackpepper qualities than the first two releases.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The most forward, flamboyant wine of this trio is the 2005 Shiraz Pressings Caravan of Dreams. Offering plenty of toasty vanillin intermixed with creme de cassis, white chocolate, graphite, and spice, it is a Victorian fruit-bomb that possesses amazing structure and definition. Drink it over the next 10-15 years. Range: 95-96
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Wine
Spectator
The Tatiarra Vineyard consists of 143 acres of Cambrian Earth, North facing on the Western face of Mount Camel entirely planted to one grape variety, Shiraz, which the Heathcote district has become renowned for the world over. Tatiarra is a specialist niche producer. The company’s obsession is not to be the biggest, but rather one of the best Shiraz producers in the world. The Heathcote district has a rare ability to produce Shiraz wines of relatively high alcohol that remain perfectly balanced and absent of any hot sensation on the back palate. The wines are powerful with a monumental structure and richness.
The original vineyard was established by Bill Hepburn in the early 1990's consisting of 10 acres of low cropping vines. It was a modest start, with borrowed equipment, friendly neighbors and supportive family. Bill spent those early years camped in a caravan, not far from a large gum tree under which he built a ‘thunderbox’ (thus the inspiration for Tatiarra’s flagship wine, the Caravan of Dreams). However, the long cold nights finally got to Bill and he decided it was time to pass the dream on.
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