AUSTRALIAN SHIRAZ REGIONS SOUTH AUSTRALIA Clare Flinders Hwy Vall Ey
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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.