Beskrivelse
RWT Barossa Valley Shiraz præsenterer et beundringsværdigt alternativ til den multiregionale sourcing og amerikansk egemodning, der er kendetegnende for Grange, der i stedet udtrykker den ene region Barossa Valley, hvor Shiraz kun er modnet på fransk eg.
Initialerne RWT står for 'Red Winemaking Trial', navnet på projektet internt, da udviklingsarbejdet startede i 1995. Naturligvis, nu ikke længere et 'Trial', blev RWT Shiraz lanceret i maj 2000 med 1997-årgangen.
Vinens stil er overdådig og kødfuld, i kontrast til Grange, som er mere muskuløs og selvsikker. RWT er lavet af frugt, der primært er valgt for sine aromatiske kvaliteter og frodige konsistens. Resultatet er en vin, der hjælper med at omdefinere Barossa shiraz på det højeste kvalitetsniveau.
Anmeldelser
98 point, James Halliday
Matured for 15 months in French hogsheads (70% new). Deep, vibrant colour; the bouquet is very expressive, speaking of a legion of black fruits, licorice, plum and spice, none of which prepare you for the sheer power of this amazing wine, and its untold depths.
96 point, Andrew Calliard
Medium deep colour. Intense dark cherry blackberry aromas with roasted chestnut dark chocolate notes. Well concentrated but elemental wine with deep set blackberry elderberry fruits, fine chocolaty tannins, new roasted chestnut vanilla oak notes and plentiful firm tannins. Finishes long and minerally. A lovely wine with Grange-like density, power and tension and the balance for a great cellaring career. Needs at least five years to fold into each other.
96 point, Tony Love
This purely Barossa Valley driven shiraz was developed in the late 1990s to offer a contrast Grange when it comes to big-gun Penfolds shiraz. As the team describes it themselves: “opulent and fleshy” rather than the “more muscular and assertive” Grange. Talk about hitting the nail on the head with this 2017 outing. It’s rich yet seductively crimson fruited with a very recognisable regional tilled red soil and rock background. Then comes some Mediterranean personality in the form of olives, capers and thyme aromatics drifting in and out as you taste, a spritely undercarriage of vintage specific acidity humming all the while. But there’s no denying, this is all about a rich core of ripe Barossa-plum-like shiraz front, centre and finish.
96 point, Huon Hooke
Detaljer
Land
Område
Producent
Drue
Alkohol
14,5%
Serveringstemperatur
13-18°
Årgang
2021
Gemmepotentiale
En vin med et rigtig godt henlægningspotentiale.
Drikkeklar
Nu - 2045
Størrelse
75 cl
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