Redbank Long Paddock Shiraz - Cabernet 2003

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    2003

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    750ML

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    Blending Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon from selected cool climate vineyards in the Ovens, King and Yarra Valleys of Victoria has enabled us to produce a wine with a myriad of flavour sensations. Aromas of red berry and spicy aniseed are well integrated with the toasty oak as a result of 12 months ageing on 2-3 year old American and French oak. Fruit flavour has been optimised through cool fermentation. Silky tannins and red berry fruits are layered across the palate of this medium-bodied, distinctly fruit driven wine.

    This Long Paddock Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon will develop favourably in the bottle over the next 2-4 years and can be enjoyed with hearty meat dishes or with char grilled steak or lamb at your next barbecue.

    Medium in body and possessing smooth, elegant tannins, The Long Paddock Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 offers flavors of blood plums and cherries, contributing richness to the mid palate, while a smooth, long and layered finish offers toasty oak, creaminess and spice.

    The Long Paddock Wines. The Long Paddock wines honor the ingenuity and courage of the early Australian drovers. Inflicted with cruel and regular droughts , these men and women faced the option of giving up and starving along with their cattle and sheep or flinging open their boundary gates and allowing their stumbling, starving stock to roam the bush roads and tracks in the desperate hope of finding food and water. Somewhere. Anywhere. This was known as "droving the Long Paddock", a task that could take them away from their family and home for months and months, sometimes even years. Fortunately some stock was saved. Unfortunately for some, when the rains didn't arrive the heartbreak of seeing their stock die became a regular occurrence. Inspired by the courage of these brave pioneers, Redbank began sourcing selected fruit from many of Victoria's premium wine growing regions. This was the beginning of the Long Paddock tradition.

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    Redbank captures the rugged essence of Australia's High Country of North East Victoria as well as the collaborative spirit of the early Australian pioneers. A small, select "family" of grape growers have come together for a common effort to produce the premium fruit for the wines of Redbank. Vineyards which 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, infused with plenty of hard work and humor.
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