Hanwood Estate Shiraz Viognier 2005
$999each
$119DOZEN
WineryHanwood Estate
Fruit Shiraz Viognier Durif
Regions
  New South Wales
Each $9.99
Dozen $119.00
Currently out of stock
A solidly fruit focused, complex Shiraz Viognier, with a tot of Durif providing Je Ne Sais Quoi. Dry, arid conditions prevailed around southeast Australia's winegrowing regions, yet below average temperatures were experienced – very similar to the conditions of the classic 2002 vintage. The result was a refined and delicately flavoured Shiraz Viognier, with amazing depth of flavour and virility. 27.6% Hilltops, 25.7% Limestone Coast, 12.9% Heathcote, 11.4% Orange, 7.8% Riverina, 6.1% Barossa Valley, 3.1% Eden Valley, 3.1% Fleurieu, 2.3% Yarra Valley.
92.6 per cent Shiraz, 5%7 per cent Viognier, 1.7 per cent Durif. The fruit was fermented in a mixture of static and open top fermenters, for six days on skins. They wine was headed down up to eight times a day to extract the greatest colour and fruit flavours. The gentle method of draining and returning twice daily was undertaken to assist in colour and flavour development, and impart a soft tannin influence to the wine. After pressing, approximately 60 per cent of the wine finished fermentation in contact with oak staves and a portion (20 per cent) transferred to one to three year old French and American oak barrels for up to nine months maturation. Alcohol 13.5% PH 3.5 Acidity 6.5g/L.
TASTING NOTES
Colour is a crimson red, with purple hues. Black plums, white pepper and lifted violets combine with hints of apricot and grapefruit from the Viognier. Plum fruit flavours and black spice dominate the palate. Rosewood-like tannins, huge on flavours, blackberry and tar, blueberry and earth, sweet acony leather and mild gumleaf. A bit of raw cocoa, wet slippery nutella and strawberry-like characters, well integrated oak and lifted white pepper nuances complement the soft, juicy finish. A hugely successfull food wine, that holds it's own and would bring great enjoyment to complicated faire like Moroccan lamb with cous cous. Drinking well now or can be cellared carefully for up to two more years.
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