Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz 2006

Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz 2006"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

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"From an exceptional vintage and weighing in with 15 percent alcohol

The wine usually spends twelve months in French oak

the 1995 Command was awarded 95 points by Wine Spectator and placed in their Top 100 wines

and you have a recipe certain to please a multitude of shiraz drinkers from both the schools I mentioned earlier

It is only produced in years where growing conditions are favourable: it is down to the Chef de Cave to decide if the vintage will be declared

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but I don’t think a little bit is a bad thing

The wine is aged in French Alliers oak for 12 to 18 months depending on vintage

But it was his time as a winemaker at Henschke that lit his fire for the Eden Valley

the house segues into the pocket-sized winery