Metala Original Plantings Black Label Shiraz 1994
$5999each
$719DOZEN
WineryMetala
Fruit Shiraz
Regions Langhorne Creek
  South Australia
Each $59.99
$719.00
Currently out of stock
Metala Original Plantings Shiraz is sourced from the original Metala Old Block and Cellar Block vines planted in 1891 and 1894 respectively. The superior vineyard sits right on the edge of the Bremer River, flooded during the winter, it's nourished by rich alluvial soils that provide natural irrigation to the vines. Planted on single wire trellises, which was at the time, cutting edge viticultural practice and nearly unheard of in the region, the ancient low-yielding vines enjoy a natural balance of fruit and leaves. Only ever released in exceptional vintages, the 1994 is an extremely rare flagship wine.
The river banks around the Old Cellar Blocks are lined with large stands of river red-gum, which is the environmental element thought to add the unique eucalypt character to the local fruit. Though having been re-trellised in recent times, the ancient vines are still carefully hand pruned and harvested. The fruit for this wine was carefully harvested and crushed into traditional style open fermenters. The must then underwent a long, gentle ferment with extended time on the skins to gently extract all of the flavour, colour and tannin. After fermentation was complete, the wine was pressed and racked before being transferred into new and prior use French and American oak for twenty-two months maturation.
TASTING NOTES
Dark ruby red colour. Intense berry fruit notes are supported by spicy licorice, mint, eucalypt and subtle oak aromas on the nose. A rich sleek palate, smooth and slippery with cherries, loads of rich, opulent, mouthfilling fruit flavours, malt and leather characters, cedar and toast. Generous fruit, Original Plantings is a wine of intensity and richness, complexity and outstanding charm.
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About Metala Winery
The 1961 vintage of Metala was the first wine to win the Jimmy Watson Trophy at the Royal Melbourne Wine Show
Metala is therefore a great and superlative label, the very first of a long, and proud lineage. The history of the Metala vineyard dates back to 1891 when founder George Formby planted 21 rows of Shiraz and 14 rows of Cabernet Sauvignon on his property on the banks of the Bremer River. Most of those original vines along with a further five acres of Shiraz planted in 1894, still bear fruit with the Shiraz forming the backbone of the extraordinary Metala Original plantings. Internationally acclaimed, highly sought after and perennially emulated, Metala stands as a beacon amongst the great vineyards of the Langhorne Creek. Metala»