Berton Vineyards Foundstone Shiraz 2018
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- GOLD MEDAL WINNER CWSA BEST VALUE 2019
- OUTPOINTED WINES RATED 96 POINTS HALLIDAY & VALUED AT $72 A BOTTLE
Vintage: | 2018 |
Source/Region: | South Eastern Australia |
Grape Variety: | Shiraz |
Cellaring: | Drink now or cellar for 5 years |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 14.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.60 |
Rating: | 0 |
This Shiraz offers an abundance of expressive aromas, predominantly of blackberry and plums along with toasty sweet oak. A generous and concentrated palate offers flavours of blackberry, black cherry and plum. Complex oak characters of coffee, vanilla and caramel complement the full fruit flavours and create a long rich and satisfying finish
Our local reds began with Shiraz comic in on 17th March, rather late compared to the last 8-10 years. With the latest of the vintage, growers found it hard to reach the desired sugar specifications however with cooler conditions looming, the decision was made to pick on fruit and seed ripeness on a parcel by parcel basis, ensuring the best possible quality was maintained. The saw is apply almost double our normal attention, requiring =higher turnover regimes to aid colour stabilisation & tannin extraction kit of the skins whilst maintaining the desired characters.
The parcels were fermented separately in stainless steel potters for 4-6 days between 26 and 30 degrees and pumped over onto premium French toasted and untoasted oak chips. The wine was then pressed off skins at 1 brume and left to ferment until dry, then racked onto French oak staves and inoculated with malolactic bacteria. After MLF was complete the wine was then clarified, the best parcels were selected and blended.
At The China Wine & Spirit Awards 2019 The Berton Foundstone Shiraz Outpointed;
Blue Pyrenees Richardson Shiraz 2017 ($72)
Thorn Clarke William Randell Shiraz 2016 ($60 Bottle, 95 Points Robert Parker)
Greenock Creek Seven Acre Shiraz 2017 ($60)
At the China Wine & Spirit Awards Best Value The Berton Foundstone Shiraz Outpointed;
Wirra Wirra RSW Shiraz 2016 ($70 Bottle, 96 Point Rated James Halliday)
Kilikanoon Testament Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017 ($45 Bottle)
Dandelion Lioness of McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 ($28 Bottle, 95 Point Rated James Halliday)
Gold Medal
China Wine & Spirit Awards 2019
CWSA Best Value 2019
Award Winner
AWC Vienna 2019
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