Shiraz 2017 Chateau Tahbilk, Victoria, Australia

£17.28

Spicy, leathery, old fashioned full flavoured Aussie Shiraz. This style has recently gone out of fashion in some quarters, but to my mind offers the pure expression of this variety in Australia. Class

ABV	14%
Country	Australia
Grape Variety	Shiraz, Syrah
Product Type	Red
Style	Mature Full Bodied Reds

Producer Information

Established in 1860 Tahbilk is one of Australia’s most beautiful & historic wineries. Located in the Nagambie Lakes region of central Victoria (120kms north of Melbourne), the property comprises some 1,214 hectares of rich river flats with a frontage of 11 kms to the Goulburn River and 8 kms of permanent backwaters & creeks. The Vineyard has been owned and managed by the Purbrick family since the 1920’s and is today managed by winemaker Alister Purbrick. The vineyard comprises 168 hectares of vines which include the rare Rhone whites of Marsanne, Viognier & Roussanne; the Rhone reds – Shiraz, Grenache & Mourvedre; along with traditional varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Riesling, Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc & Verdelho. Vineyard plantings extend back to Tahbilk’s founding with original pre-phylloxera Shiraz vines still surviving from 1860 – an eponymous wine produced from them since 1979. Tahbilk is further blessed with an abundance of further “old vine” plantings including Shiraz from 1933 (the prime source for Tahbilk’s Reserve Shiraz releases), Cabernet Sauvignon back to 1949 and Marsanne from 1927 (a “sister” white release to the 1860 Vines Shiraz produced from them).