Mount Langi Ghiran Langi Grampians Shiraz 2005
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Dig deep into this wine and it won't disappoint you. It has the coolness of the earth, a deep-rooted connection to clay-like minerality layered with floral scents that live close the ground-lavender and violets as well as higher-toned fruit, curranty red and blueberry fresh. This is about as sexy as shiraz gets, explosive and ever so cautiously restrained. The wine comes from estate vines planted in 1963, growing on granitic sand over red clays and ironstone. I recently opened a bottle of 1986 from this vineyard, which was nothing less than astonishing. It's the only reason I could imagine cellaring this 2005, which seems merely young and delicious in comparison.
Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Great Dividing Range in the Grampians region of Victoria, the Mount Langi Ghiran (Aboriginal for home of the yellow-tailed black cockatoo) vineyard is one of the most isolated and unique sites in Australian viticulture. The vineyard, with its towering granite cliffs and loamy red soils, encapsulates an extraordinary sense of place. Mount Langi Ghiran, or Langi, as it is fondly referred to, was originally planted in 1870 where is has become the home of one of Australia's finest cool climate wines, the Langi Shiraz.
Marked by an unmistakable deep purple hue and savory aromatics, Syrah makes an intense, powerful and often age-worthy red. Native to the Northern Rhône, Syrah achieves its maximum potential in the steep village of Hermitage and plays an important component in the Red Rhône Blends of the south, adding color and structure to Grenache and Mourvèdre. Syrah is the most widely planted grape of Australia and is important in California and Washington. Sommelier Secret—Such a synergy these three create together, the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre trio often takes on the shorthand term, “GSM.”
Nestled into the tip of its southeastern coastline, Victoria is Australia’s smallest mainland state, second most populous and third largest wine producer. Victoria includes the cool regions of Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula and Geelong, made famous mainly by impressive Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
The more inland Heathcote and Bendigo lead the way for complex and textured, full-bodied reds. Rutherglen’s fortified wines compete among the best on the planet.