Trademark Shiraz 2007

Tatiarra, Heathcote, South Australia

BEMÆRK - Kun 4 fl. tilbage


TATIARRA TRADEMARK SHIRAZ
Within Australia, three districts stand out as consistently producing exceptional Shiraz fruit: Heathcote, McLaren Vale and the Barossa Valley. Winemaker, Ben Riggs has his own dream about Heathcote and Shiraz. Riggs is based in McLaren Vale and has access to the districts finest vineyards. His obsession with producing extraordinary Shiraz is well known, however, with Tatiarra he was driven to produce a wine that would rank amongst the giants of the Shiraz world. Riggs flies across to supervise the operation at Tatiarra using the state of the art winemaking facilities at Pettavel Winery in Geelong, Victoria. During the bench blending trials for this wine, Riggs apparently was expecting to make the final blend with a McLaren Vale slant, anticipating for at least a 51% South Australian component. One can understand Ben's home-grown loyalties, however the final blend is a diplomatic 50/50 result -
and what an extraordinary blend it is! On tasting the wine one wine lover exclaimed that the wine 'brought tears to his eyes'. That was not a negative remark, but one that expressed a sense of awe at the quality of the wine.