We maintain a small library of back vintage bottles in our cellars for release at a later date. We select wines that will benefit from some extended maturation. Bannockburn Shiraz is generally a great candidate for long term bottle ageing.
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Viticulture
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Winemaking
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Tasting Note
This wine is a blend of grapes from two of our Shiraz blocks: Winery Block planted in 1990 and extended in 1996, and the Range vineyard planted in 1974.
Hand-picked, open-fermented, including whole bunches, 12-15 days on skins, pressed to French barriques for 18 months maturation. Bottled under natural cork.
The 2003 vintage was a warm one and the resulting shiraz is a rich, ripe and powerful wine. Now with almost twenty years in the bottle an array of secondary and tertiary flavors are starting to show, but the structure of the wine is firmly in place and as a bold mature red this will bring joy and warmth to the winter dining table.
