Winemaker Notes
The fruit for this wine is 100% Padthaway Shiraz and the average age of the vines is approximately 8 years old. The wine was aged in American oak for 12 months prior to bottling. The yield of the vines was 3 tons per acre and only 2200 dozen were made. This smooth, mouth filling shiraz will leap out of the glass at you with its lifted mixed berry nose, and huge blackcurrant fruit and spice aromas. It abounds with rich fruit and distinctly regional minty Padthaway flavors, and lingers on your taste buds with its long velvety finish.
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.”
UCW7260_2001 Item# 56566