2008 VINTAGE AVAILABLE MARCH 2010

Colour - Rich, Vibrant red.

Nose - Pepper, cloves, licorice and rich red berry.

Palate - The palate is elegant with gentle vanillin oak, spicy berry fruit flavours and soft tannins. This is a balanced shiraz with fine tanins and great complexity.

(2004 Vintage) Gold Medal Award Winner and 4 Silver Medals.

Syrah du Monde - GOLD MEDAL - 2008

2005 SHIRAZ

"Growing Season - A cooler season extended our Autumn ripening period. Hand shoot positioning was undertaken to ensure that the fruit was exposed to as much sunshine as possible, resulting in fully ripe fruit with intense and complex flavours.

Winemaking - The grapes were crushed and destemmed into stainless steel fermenters with SO2 addition and inoculated with a proven clean fermenting yeast strain. Ferments were allowed to reach 300 C+ in order to extract maximum colour and flavour. MLF was allowed to occur naturally in the barrel. The wine was matured in French and American oak barriques for 14 months prior to bottling.

ASSESSMENT - ColourDeep vibrant red. NosePepper, spice andrich red berry.

Palate - The palate is medium weight with vanillin oak, berry fruit flavours and soft tannins. This is a well rounded shiraz with great complexity "

(winery notes)

PAST ACCOLADES

2004 Witchmount Estate Shiraz
Gold Medal and Winner Best Shiraz 2008 Syrah Du Monde France
Gold Medal 2008 Concours Mondial de Bruxelles. Bordeaux France
Gold Medal 2007 Royal Adelaide Wine Show (Class 49)
Gold Medal 2007 Cowra Wine Show (Class 88)
Gold Medal 2006 Royal Hobart International Wine Show (Class 49)
Gold Medal 2007 Boutique Wine Awards (Class 13)
Silver Medal 2006Rutherglen Wine Show (Class 233) 
Silver Medal 2006 Victorian Wine Show (Class 26)
Silver Medal 2007 Royal Melbourne Show (Class 51)
Silver Medal 2006 Ballarat Wine Show (Class 20)
Silver Medal 2007 Murrumbateman Cool Climate Wine Show (Class 20)
Silver Meda l2007 Vintage Cellars National Wineshow of Australia (Class 27)
Silver Medal 2008 Cool Climate Wine Show (Class 24)
BronzeMedal 2006 Cowra Wine Show (Class29)
Bronze Medal 2007 Ballarat Wine Show (Class 21)
Bronze Medal 2006 Murrumbateman Cool Climate Wine Show (Class 20)
Bronze Medal 2005 Royal Melbourne Wine Show (Class 20)
Bronze Medal 2007 Cairns Wine Show (Class 7)
Bronze Medal and Top 50 2006 Visy Great Australian Shiraz Challenge
Bronze Medal 2007 Visy Great Australian Shiraz Challenge
Bronze Medal 2007 Australian Small Winemakers Show (Class 55)
Bronze Medal 2007 Wrest Point Royal Hobart International Wine Show (Class 50)