Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz 2003

Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz 2003"The Dalwhinnie Shiraz vineyard is one of Australia's great wine treasures." Campbell Mattinson Dalwhinnie, located near the small village of Moonambel in the heart of the Pyrenees region of western Victoria, is one of Victoria's oldest family run vineyards. Dalwhinnie has been growing grapes for nearly 50 years and the 16 hectare vineyard is now fully mature. At 595 metres above sea level, Dalwhinnie is the highest and most remote of the Pyrenees

I sat on this over the course of three days

Syrah Clones: RD67 (Red Dog)

a specially designed circular fermentation cellar containing 8000-litre French oak cuves

At the start of 2010 Adrian moved to Beechworth in the North East of Victoria

MacMuir was originally part of the Calvert property and farmed by Felton Road since 2001

The wine is always darker in fruit expression and immediately more spicy and earthy that the Original Vineyard

oak is generous with a spicy coconut richness

Just so much power and precision

They won this award again in 1998 and 2003 and their Reserve Shiraz achieved international acclaim

in fact it’s downright sleepy

nougat and play-doh with additional characters of black liquorice

the sheer amplitude of flavour and lingering vinous memory left by this wine have never been so profound