Shiraz 2001

Price: $30.00

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About Shiraz

Viticultural & vinification notes		Winemakers comments
Vintage conditions	Picked in mid April of a typical year for the region where some early rain kept us on our toes.	Colour Nose Palate	Vibrant crimson with a purple edge Raspberry conserve with strong nuances of mountain herbs Rich and velvety, ample yet supple and long in flavour with the savoury notes that come through in a cool maritime climate.
Vineyard	Three Hills Hand pruned to rods Hand picked
Grape variety	Shiraz
Maturation	12 months maturation in small French oak followed by maturation in bottle under cork for 7 years.
Wine analysis	Alc/Vol: 14 % Acidity: 5.8 g/l pH: 3.60 Residual sugar:<0.5g/l

This is a very good wine. It has softness, generosity and great length. It is supple and warm, and aromatically intriguing. It is undoubtedly one of the best Shiraz released under the Happs label. It is released impossibly late. In 2009 it is already eight years after vintage date.

Why so late? This wine is a Three Hills Shiraz but early in the life of the label we made more red wine than was proper. This wine was slightly smelly. It had a ferment odour. Today, that aroma has gone. What is left is fruit.

You might say, we have done the cellaring for you. But the wine is still young. It will be a life improving beverage for another twenty years.

To produce its best in the Margaret River environment Shiraz demands warm summers and time on the vine. This grape vine thrives on harsh treatment, never requiring irrigation. It is no wonder that it has done well in Australia. The virtue of the Karridale environment is that Shiraz ripens a little later and it has time to moderate the herbaceous vegetative notes that one sees in the north of the Margaret River region. We know this having grown Shiraz in Dunsborough for many years.

Shiraz is a vine that produces wine of many styles. Many consumers enjoy the wines of central Victoria where mid palate flavour benefits from cool ripening and limited cropping levels. That is a very different style to that produced in Coonawarra and just as different again from that produced in the Barossa. Rhone Syrah is different from anything produced in Australia. Shiraz from Three Hills is quite singular. It’s rich, black and luxurious in flavour with more of a hint of dark tobacco, mint and eucalypt. It too, stands alone.

Price: $30.00

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Customer Reviews:

chrisso (Sunday, 20 February 2011)
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I recently had to replace a bottle of Late Picked Verdhello because my wife gave it away. Not happy. But it did give me a good excuse to buy a few
more bottles online. When I saw this one, it was a wine that I could not say no to. This was a wine that I instantly knew my brother would
appreciate too, so I saved it for a few weeks because my brother was holding an upcoming curry day. Whilst not conventionally a good match with
curry, I knew this would be a great opportunity to share this wine with a few friends and have a great time. We opened the bottle at the table and
unfortunately I have lost my sense of smell due to an accident so I could not enjoy the aromas but my brother described them as very rich and earthy.
Luckily though, I am still able to taste and the flavour of this wine was just a delight to my palate. A very rich flavour and whilst I do enjoy a
drop of red, this is by far the best example of a Shiraz that I can remember. I have since bought more online, along with my other favourites.

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Shiraz 2001

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