Fox Creek Short Row Shiraz 2000

Fox Creek Short Row Shiraz 2000Fox Creek Wines was established in 1984 when Helen and Dr Jim Watts purchased a 32 hectare property on Malpas Road in McLaren Vale. The Short Row Shiraz is the baby brother of the famous Reserve Shiraz and was added to the range in 1999 and positioned at a more affordable price than the much sort after Reserve Shiraz. The 'Short Row' refers to the rows of vines that are adjacent to the cellar door. The wine is selected from Shiraz parcels that are

with a great deal of fruit sweetness

bringing extra complexity and intensity to the wines

and natural minerality to Bass Phillip wines

amongst other initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of the business

with all of the flavours promised by the bouquet

dry and rocky landscape in an area that had been dismissed as being unsuitable for grapes

in far south-west Victoria

In 1912 Joseph Osborn

"I took over the family company in 2002

This is a real cabernet

Wine Orbit – 98 points

Richard's claim to fame is for being the doctor who delivered Olivia Newton-John