AUSTRALIAN SHIRAZ REGIONS SOUTH AUSTRALIA Clare Flinders Hwy Vall Ey

SHIRAZ AND BLENDS

AUSTRALIAN WINE DISCOVERED YOUR NOTES Shiraz is one of Australia’s most established and loved varieties. AUSTRALIAN SHIRAZ: - Grown by 4 out of 5 wineries - Represents nearly half THE STORY OF of planted red grapes - Nearly 1⁄4 of total AN AUSTRALIAN wine production Australia’s unique climate and LEGEND landscape have fostered a fiercely independent wine scene, home to a vibrant community of growers, winemakers, viticulturists, and vignerons. With more than 100 FUN FACT grape varieties grown across 65 distinct wine regions, we have the You say Syrah, we say Shiraz freedom to make exceptional wine, This variety is called Syrah almost and to do it our own way. We’re not everywhere else in the world. beholden by tradition, but continue to push the boundaries in the pursuit However, due to its commercial of the most diverse, thrilling wines success internationally, Australian in the world. That’s just our way. producers have chosen to label their own wine “Shiraz”.

Notes Notes TO DAY 1840s THE HISTORY –1890s Shiraz vines are planted in OF AUSTRALIAN South Australia and Victoria, producing fruit that represents SHIRAZ the world’s oldest continuously producing Shiraz vines. - The history of WE’LL Australian Shiraz - How it’s grown - How it’s made - The different styles 1820s - Where it’s grown –1830s 1860 - Characteristics and Shiraz is one of the original Tahbilk is established in flavour profiles varieties brought to Victoria and is home to Australia and thrives in the some of the world’s oldest COVER… - Shiraz by numbers warm, dry climate. ungrafted, pre-phylloxera plantings of Shiraz.

Notes Notes 1950s 1980s TO DAY –1990s The reputation of cool-climate 1867 –1970s Shiraz grows, standing proudly Henry Best plants Shiraz in Australia’s winemakers craft alongside traditional, rich, his Great Western vineyard Shiraz makes its move to wines with deeper colour, full-bodied warm-climate styles in Victoria, and these vines become the most popular higher alcohol levels and of Australian Shiraz that are continue to thrive today. wine in the country. new oak maturation. enjoyed all over the world.

EARLY 2000s 1900s While blockbuster Shiraz is still Shiraz continues to prosper being made, with inky depth in almost every corner of the and syrupy richness, tastes are country, with its suitability to increasingly appeased by more Australia’s various climates, moderate styles. topography and soils superseding other varieties.

Notes Notes - In 1951, Max Schubert set out to make the “Great Australian Red”, but was ordered to cease production by Penfolds management - In 1960, Penfolds Grange Bin 1 hit the market THE STORY OF MAX SCHUBERT to great critical acclaim, and Penfolds ordered Schubert to resume production AND GRANGE: - Penfolds Grange has become one of the world’s most iconic, collected and revered wines, largely THE thanks to the American wine media and critics VITICULTURE: EVOLUTION such as Robert Parker and Wine Spectator HOW OF AN ICON AUSTRALIAN FUN FACT - The vine Shiraz: Just what the doctor ordered SHIRAZ - Irrigation Many of Australia’s early wine promoters were doctors, among them Dr Christopher Rawson - Pruning Penfold, who arrived in Adelaide in 1844 and IS GROWN - Yield established Magill Estate. Penfolds’ first wines - Harvest were available on prescription, thought to be of benefit to anaemic patients.

Notes Notes Vigorous, adaptable vine that can yield large quantities of grapes on THE VINE a single vine, even in low-fertile soils.

IRRIGATION - Vines on shallow soil require irrigation, while old vines are largely dry-grown - Shiraz vines can cope in adverse conditions - If irrigated too generously, wines can lack flavour concentration

Notes Notes Especially important to control Dependent on several factors, including: excessive growth. A variety of - Age of vine canopy management techniques YIELD - Vine vigour can be used to ensure the canopy is balanced and the fruit zone is - Site characteristics appropriately shaded, avoiding sunburn and excessive ripeness.

PRUNING

Notes Notes WINEMAKING: TECHNIQUES Shiraz demands a good ripening season. As grapes ripen, sugar content increases INFLUENCING SHIRAZ and acid content decreases. The key to an ideal harvest is to find the point when sugar-acid balance is just right. STEMS STEMS UNBROKEN LEFT IN GRAPE ADDED CLUSTERS CONTACT STILL ON STEMS

HARVEST WHOLE-BUNCH STEM INCLUSION CARBONIC MALOLACTIC WILD FERMENTATION MACERATION FERMENTATION FERMENTATION

Notes Notes WINEMAKING: TECHNIQUES INFLUENCING SHIRAZ COMMON STYLES EXTENDED MACERATION TIMES OF SHIRAZ AND ITS “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts” BLENDING applies well to blended Shiraz. Its colour, aroma, texture and flavours are boosted by the traits of PARTNERS its blending partner.

CO-FERMENTATION RACK AND POST-FERMENTATION OAK BOTTLING WITH VIOGNIER RETURN MACERATION/ MATURATION AND AGEING EXTENDED SKIN CONTACT

Notes Notes SHIRAZ AS A BLENDING MATERIAL IN SHIRAZ AS THE EQUAL PARTNER IN GSM BLENDS SHIRAZ ADDS SAVOURY NOTES AND CABERNET UPFRONT FLAVOUR BLENDS AFTER GRANGE, ADDS: Schubert produced SHIRAZ first vintage of Penfolds - Fragrance Bin 389, a multi-regional - Strawberry ADDS: blend that popularised - Spice - Blackberry this style - Mulberry - Blueberry O L B T S GRENACHE T - Plum AUST LIAN BL D

- Black olive NE COMPLEX LIGHTEST- c T E T AND N MOURVÈDRE R BODIED OF ROBUST

TO ELEVATED AZ GSM TRIO AL L LEVELS B ADDS:

- Aromatics C WITH incredible - Flavour ageing potential

G SM persistence SHI - Length and drive

Notes Notes SHIRAZ AS THE DOMINANT PARTNER IN SHIRAZ SPARKLING VIOGNIER AN AUST RALIAN BLENDS RED T REASURE IN SMALL QUANTITIES Viognier lifts the aromatics adding - Sheen This unlikely partnership - Perfume - Australian ‘sparkling Burgundy’ has been produced with Shiraz (a red-wine grape blended - Apricot notes with a white-wine grape) grapes since 1881 was first employed in - Despite a small number of Australian France’s Northern Rhône producers creating this variety, its fans are devoted to its heady, rich and juicy-fruit flavour - Best examples boast a velvety palate, sweet blackberries and blueberries, ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S cherries and spices ADDING MOST ESTEEMED UP TO 5% DELIVERS - One of the differences between AZ EXAMPLES IS CREATED VIOGNIER red and white sparkling is that red VOIGNIER - Aroma R BY WINEMAKER typically undergoes oak maturation, - Texture TIM KIRK OF displaying complexity and richness CLONAKILLA - Flavour - Sparkling reds are made from

SHI a range of varieties, but sparkling Shiraz is the predominant one

Notes Notes Stuart Hwy Barrier Hwy

Eyre Hwy

AUSTRALIAN SHIRAZ REGIONS SOUTH AUSTRALIA Clare Flinders Hwy Vall ey

Lincoln Hwy

NORTHERN TERRITORY Baross a Sturt Hwy QUEENSLAND Vall ey WESTERN AUSTRALIA Eden Vall ey SOUTH AUSTRALIA S N DIST CT hunter NEW SOUTH WALES v a e y ADELAIDE C O G P riverina Adelaide Hill s V A canberra district B A S S A VICTORIA GREAT M A R T S T R N McLAREN VALE beechworth R I V McLaren Vale Ouyen Hwy adelaide hills central victoria 0 500 riverland Kilometres TASMANIA

Dukes Hwy

Notes Notes

Riddoch Hwy

Princes Hwy - One of Australia's oldest and best-known Shiraz regions - Barossa Shiraz is one of the most widely available and best-known EDEN VALLEY red wines in the global market - An important component in classic Shiraz-Cabernet and GSM blends - Part of the greater Barossa Zone - Full-bodied, richly textured - High-altitude vineyards wines with black fruit, pepper - Later harvest timing and spice characters - Home to Henschke ‘Hill of Grace’ Shiraz - Medium-bodied to full-bodied Shiraz with classic blackberry, BAROSSA sage and pepper notes VALLEY

Notes Notes - One of world’s most geographically diverse regions - Red wine wonderland – 90% red grapes - Shiraz is the most planted red variety in the region - Full-bodied Shiraz with CLARE VALLEY rich blueberry fruit and chocolate characters - Fertile farming/agricultural region - Warm days help Shiraz develop richness, depth of flavour and One of Australia's premier fruit concentration Shiraz-growing regions - Consistently cool nights aid MCLAREN in acid retention - Decadent, opulent, rich Shiraz with black fruit flavours and an VALE almost creamy texture

Notes Notes New England Hwy Mitchell Hwy

Newell Hwy - Oldest surviving German

settlement in Australia Barrier Hwy NSW ANDOxley Hwy - Cool maritime climate with high-elevation vineyards Hunt - Adelaide Hills Shiraz flouts the big- ACT REGION V a bodied robust nature of neighbouring Barossa and McLaren Vale wines - Elegant, medium-bodied Shiraz, Silver City Hwy with fragrant pepper and spice, NEWCASTLE and fine tannins - Lower alcohol levels make this cool-

climate style a very food-friendly wine Western Hwy SYDNEY

Sturt Hwy WOLLONGONG C a n b e a ADELAIDE DIST CT Kings Hwy ACT Hume Hwy

HILLS Snowy

Monaro Hwy

Mountains

Hwy

Notes Notes - Birthplace of Australian wine industry - Warm, humid climate ideal for Shiraz fruit ripeness CANBERRA - Known for medium-bodied, savoury, complex wines - Young Hunter Shiraz displays red and dark berries, spice and DISTRICT lots of tannin - Aged Hunter Shiraz is smooth - Emerging winemaking scene and richly flavoured with earthy with strong drive for innovation tones and complexity - Shiraz is the red wine that has brought the Canberra District its greatest fame - Mix of geology, climate and expertise creates spicy, peppery, lean yet balanced HUNTER and flavoursome Shiraz - Home to Clonakilla, producer of VALLEY acclaimed Shiraz-Viognier blend

Notes Notes Great Northern Hwy Northern Great

Brand Hwy

SWAN DISTRICT

Great Eastern Hwy

PERTH MARGARET

Shiraz is the second most planted Great Southern Hwy - RIVER red grape, behind well-renowned WESTERN Cabernet Sauvignon - Coastal location with most marked AUSTRALIA maritime climate in Australia - Shiraz displays fruit ripeness, GEOGRAPHE vibrancy, flavour depth and Albany Hwy roundness of texture

Bussell Hwy - Good acid level allows Shiraz Margaret R to age gracefully MARGARET RIVER South Western Hwy GREAT SOUTHERN FUN FACT Margaret River produces about 20% Hwy Coast of Australia’s premium wines from South only 3% of Australia’s total crush.

Notes Notes SOUTHERN GREAT Notes - - - - -

allowing thefruit to shinethrough handed use of American oak, Many producers avoid theheavy- spice, pepper, cherry andplum exhibits anearthy blend of liquorice, Shiraz ismedium inweight and almost free of pests anddisease A healthy place for vinegrowth, hero Shiraz site Frankland River sub-region the a cool maritime climate Southerly location gives it Notes

Credit: Tourism Western Australia GEOGRAPHE - - - -

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Credit: Tourism Western Australia VALLEY SWAN - - - -

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA Notes VICTORIA

GRAMPIANS

Calder Hwy Calder Western Hwy Western

Princes Hwy HEATHCOTE

GEELONG Murray R Murray MELBOURNE BEECHWORTH

Yarra R NEW SOUTHWALES

Princes Hwy - One of the country's oldest Shiraz vineyards planted in 1860s - Cooler-climate region – warm to hot days, cool nights HEATHCOTE - Region is especially well suited to later-ripening red varieties such as Shiraz - Powerhouse of Shiraz production - The Great Western sub-region is adept at producing elegant Shiraz - Rich soil deposits of iron oxide of deep purple contribute intense colour and flavour to Heathcote Shiraz - Great Western Shiraz displays black pepper, plum, mint and clove, - Robust, full-bodied Shiraz of with fine but firm tannins power and weight, with complex fruit and great balance - Acid and tannin combine without dominating the fruit, giving the wine great cellaring capability GRAMPIANS

Notes Notes Stuart Hwy Barrier Hwy

Eyre Hwy

SHIRAZ IN THE

Flinders Hwy

Lincoln Hwy

B E EC HWORTH Sturt Hwy Riverland RIVERLAND

ADELAIDE - Cool climate, at the foothills

of the Victorian Alps Ouyen Hwy AND RIVERINA

New England Hwy - Shiraz thrives in this cool Mitchell Hwy

Newell Hwy sub-alpine climate Dukes Hwy

Barrier Hwy - Shiraz expressions are medium Without these regions, Oxley Hwy

Riddoch Hwy in body, with savoury, spicy and Princes Hwy Australia’s wine sector earthy characters would not be the world’s fourth largest exporterSilver City Hwy - Home to Giaconda, one of of wine or a significant Australia’s premier producers contributor to the Western Hwy SYDNEY of Shiraz and Chardonnay Australian economy RIV INA Sturt Hwy WOLLONGONG as a whole.

Kings Hwy ACT

Hume Hwy

Snowy

Monaro Hwy

Mountains

Hwy

Notes Notes - Long-established, warm-climate winemaking powerhouse, located east of the Barossa Valley - Producers are encouraging modern style development, with full-flavoured, generous RIVERINA and approachable Shiraz - Grows 15% of Australia's total grape production - Efficient and innovative production methods have allowed for strong export success - Riverina Shiraz includes easy-drinking wines with vibrant juicy-ripe fruit, sweet vanilla and spice, through to more elegant, RIVERLAND refined expressions - Home to ‘critter’ wine phenomenon

Notes Notes CHARACTERISTICS FOOD AND FLAVOUR PROFILES PAIRINGS

- Pepper Light Medium Full - Blackberry BODY FLAVOURS - Spice - Plum Dry Medium dry Sweet - Spice SWEETNESS - Dark cherry - Chocolate Pork, lamb and beef in Gamey meats such as Salami-topped pizza Low Medium High - Coffee casseroles flavoured with kangaroo or venison or beef ragu pasta OAK wine, onions and spices TANNIN ACIDIT Y AZ AZ COLOUR 8% 13.5% – 15.5% 17% ALCOHOL SHI R SHI R

AUSTRALIAN Shiraz AUSTRALIAN Intensely flavoured hard cheese, Grilled and BBQ meats such as cheddar, pecorino Dark chocolate seasoned with pepper or Parmesan, smoked gouda (70% cocoa)

Notes Notes UNITED KINGDOM CHINA PLANTINGS CANADA 9% 44% 8% EXPORTS 39,893 AS DIVERSE AS Approx. HECTARES M I I = 30% NEW 232 LITRES AUSTRALIAN THE COUNTRY THAT ZEALAND TOTAL 3% AUST LIAN UNITED = % N E STATES 29 EXPORTS MADE IT I4% Australia’s fine Shiraz wines are an expression of place: a distillation of our distinct terroir, climate and community. Our winemakers are curious by SHIRAZ BY NUMBERS nature, perfecting old concepts and playing with new ideas to create something extraordinary. CRUSH Cabernet TOP 5 S Murray Darling 26% Sauvignon 15% – Swan Hill And that’s what makes the future % OF TO L C % Merlot % Riverina of Shiraz so exciting. Shiraz 12 Riverland 14 Barossa OF TO L 5% Pinot Noir 11% Valley AUST LIAN % Grenache % McLaren Vale % D NE 2 % 6 47 C 8% Others 26 27% Others