Angove Family Winemakers Warboys Vineyard Shiraz 2014
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Pair with a powerhouse steak and pepper sauce.
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Similar in style to the previous vintage, this ably marries savory notes of roasted meat and spice with ripe, plummy fruit. All those mouthwatering flavors are wrapped in supple tannins, ending on a plush, velvety note.
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Planted in the 1940s, farmed under biodynamics, the shiraz vines at Angove’s Warboys Vineyard produced a 2014 with old-vine intensity and dark, peppery complexity. It needs time in a decanter for the youthful grip of the tannins to relent, the wine turning more graceful with air, expanding into flavors of black currant, licorice and raw meat. It captures the grandeur of old vines with a relaxed feel and flavors that go on for minutes.
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Some peppery and earthy elements complement the fresh red plum and red currant nose with attractive purity. The palate has more density through the middle and holds fresh red plum fruits long. Smooth texture. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold. Screw cap.
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The Angove family company, Angove's Pty. Ltd., ranks among Australia's largest privately owned wine companies and stands as one of the few with strong interests in distilling as well as grape growing and winemaking.
His early experimentation with vines, winemaking and distilling, led to the establishment of a proud family business. Dr. Angove's initial plantings at the township of Tea Tree Gully in the Adelaide foothills were the forerunner of one of the largest vineyards in the southern hemisphere - the magnificent Nanya Vineyard at Renmark in South Australia's Murray Valley.
Since World War II, the company has steadily expanded its operations and structure. Their Renmark facility has grown to become a major winemaking and distilling enterprise, with storage capacity for more than15 million litres of wine and spirit. In 1947, Thomas William Carlyon Angove, grandson of the founder, took the helm as Managing Director, beginning a new era in development.
In 1983, the fourth generation of the family took control, when John Carlyon Angove succeeded his father as Managing Director of the company.
The success of the Angove's identity owes a great deal to a pioneering spirit. The same urge that drove Dr. Angove to leave his home in Cornwall and emigrate to Australia is evident in many of the developments the company has taken since.
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