Pillar Box Padthaway Red 2010
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Product Details
Varietal
Producer
Vintage
2010
Size
750ML
ABV
14.5%
Features
Screw Cap
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Somm Note
Winemaker Notes
Brooding, blackberry fruit and dried mint aromas intermingle with dark chocolate, licorice spice, hints of pepper and cedary oak on the nose. The palate exhibits flavours of fresh black and blueberry fruit, toasted dark spice and hints of spearmint. A seamless wine; displaying balance and a fine, long tannin structure.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The current release 2010 Pillar Box Red is a blend of 68% Shiraz, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Merlot, displaying a deep garnet-purple color and fragrant notes of warm cassis and blackberries, violets and dried mint with a hint of red roses. Rich, full, well balanced and nicely textured with a medium level of velvety tannins, it has balanced acidity lending just enough lift in the long finish.
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Wine Spectator
Velvety and ripe, offering dark berry and licorice flavors that glide smoothly through the finish. Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
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Named after the proprietor of the 19th century mail coach service which once ran through their property, the Longbottom family has created a new family tradition of winemaking with wines such as: Henry's Drive, Parson's Flat and Pillar Box.
During the nineteenth century establishment of the farming and wine industries of Southeastern Australia, horse-drawn coaches provided the only transportation of mail and passengers. The coach drivers reigned supreme on top of their coaches, and won the respect and admiration of their passengers. The coach service proprietor in this part of the state, was a certain Mr. Henry John Hill. His operation drove directly through a property owned more recently by three generations of the Longbottom family of Padthaway. Routes were known as Drives, thus the family's wine business is today known as Henry's Drive.
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