FOUNDATIONS OF AUSTRALIAN ’s unique and landscape have fostered a fiercely independent wine scene, home to a vibrant community of growers, winemakers, viticulturists, and vignerons. With more than 100 grape varieties grown across 65 distinct wine regions, we have the freedom to make exceptional wine, and to do it our own way. We’re not beholden by tradition, but continue to push the boundaries in the pursuit of the most diverse, thrilling in the world. That’s just our way. UNIQUE WINES

FROM - Australia has one of the most diverse wine scenes in the world, with more than 100 different UNSPOILT grape varieties grown across 65 wine regions. LANDS - The Australian wine community is renowned for its creativity and willingness to experiment. - Australian wines are an authentic expression of the people who craft them and the country’s varied soils and climate. - Australia is home to a highly-skilled community, crafting premium wines that stand among the world’s best. TO DAY

WE’LL - The history of Australian wine - Geography, climate and soil - Noteworthy regions - Key varieties and COVER… wine styles THE FORTIFIED ERA: 1900 to 1940s - Driven by - Rutherglen - The thirst for fortified THE HISTORY domestic and Muscats and wines meant that old export demand, Muscadelles Shiraz, Mataró (Mourvèdre) OF AUSTRALIAN were a highlight and vines dominated of this era were maintained – to WINE production be rediscovered and and trade treasured decades later

THE PIONEER ERA: LATE 1700s, 1800s - Australia’s wine - Important regions were - James Busby brought pioneers planted established, including back hundreds of vines, expanded the Hunter Valley, cuttings from Europe, their Tasmania, , which today are the and began McLaren Vale, the source of precious exporting Barossa and Rutherglen old vines THE GOLDEN AGE: 1960s to TO DAY - Food and table‑wine - sales - By the early 1980s, - Today the Australian culture grew, and boomed in the 1970s Australia was the 18th wine community is trailblazing winemakers and demand for white largest wine exporter; diverse, unique and discovered or wine rose in the 1980s by the early 1990s it truly world class rediscovered an array was sixth of cool-climate regions

THE RENAISSANCE ERA: 1940s to 1960s - Ambitious growers and - The popularity of winemakers defied consumer fortified wine reached demands for fortifieds to its peak and people produce tiny amounts of began to develop a some of Australia’s finest taste for table wines table wines AUSTRALIA’S GEOGRAPHY, CLIMATE AND SOILS: ANCIENT AND DIVERSE DARWIN

SWEDEN World’s sixth- IRELAND largest country, UK

GERMANY bigger than Europe POLAND

FRANCE UKRAINE AUSTRIA HUNGARY

ROMANIA BRISBANE PORTUGAL GEOLOGICALLY ANCIENT SPAIN AND BIOLOGICALLY DIVERSE ITALY VINEYARDS ACROSS PERTH THE COUNTRY, BUT SYDNEY ADELAIDE GREECE CONCENTRATED IN THE CANBERRA SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST MELBOURNE THE COLD SOUTHERN OCEAN KEEPS TEMPERATURES COOL

IN THE SOUTH, IDEAL FOR HOBART MAKING WINE *Indicative only WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 Swan District 30 New England Australia 2 Perth Hills 31 Hastings River 3 Peel 32 Hunter 4 Geographe 33 Mudgee DARWIN 5 Margaret River 34 Orange 6 35 Cowra 7 Pemberton 36 Riverina 8 Manjimup 37 Hilltops NORTHERN 9 Great Southern 38 Southern Highlands TERRITORY 39 Gundagai SOUTH AUSTRALIA 40 Canberra District 10 Southern Flinders 41 Ranges 42 Tumbarumba Clare Valley 11 43 Perricoota 12 WINE REGIONS OF 13 Eden Valley VICTORIA 14 Riverland 44 Murray Darling 15 Adelaide Plains 45 Swan Hill 16 46 AUSTRALIAQUEENSLAND WESTERN AUSTRALIA 17 McLaren Vale 47 Rutherglen 28 18 Kangaroo Island 48 Glenrowan BRISBANE 19 Southern Fleurieu 49 SOUTH AUSTRALIA 29 20 Currency Creek 50 21 Langhorne Creek 51 NEW SOUTH WALES 30 22 Padthaway 52 Strathbogie Ranges 1 31 2 23 Mount Benson 53 Upper Goulburn 10 PERTH 33 32 24 54 Heathcote 3 11 44 12 14 35 34 4 15 6 13 36 5 16 37 25 Robe 55 17 38 SYDNEY 7 8 9 21 45 18 19 20 39 40 26 Coonawarra 56 ADELAIDE 41 43 22 47 42 27 Mount Gambier 57 Macedon Ranges 46 48 49 CANBERRA 23 24 55 54 52 50 26 56 51 25 59 57 53 AUSTRALIAN 58 Sunbury 27 60 58 62 61 64 CAPITAL TERRITORY 59 63 28 South Burnett 60 MELBOURNE 29 61 Geelong 62 Yarra Valley VICTORIA 63 Mornington Peninsula 65 64 Gippsland TASMANIA HOBART TASMANIA 65 Tasmania Seine

Marne PARIS STRASBOURG

Seine

Loire Burgundy Loire DIJON NANTES ONLY ROUGHLY 145,000 FRANCEAllier HECTARES (0.02%)

LYO N Rhône OF AUSTRALIA’S TOTAL LAND MASS IS Loire UNDER VINE Bordeaux This is approximately BORDEAUX Dordogne the same as Bordeaux and Burgundy Rhône combined.

Garonne - Australia’s latitude, maritime influences and elevation all contribute to a surprising diversity of - Premium wine regions located in the country’s temperate areas - Concentrated in NSW, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia THE VARIED CLIMATES OF AUSTRALIA'S WINE REGIONS Temperature DARWIN 39ºC / 102ºF 36ºC / 97ºF 33ºC / 92ºF 30ºC / 86ºF 27ºC / 81ºF

24ºC / 75ºF NORTHERN 21ºC / 70ºF TERRITORY 18ºC / 64ºF 15ºC / 59ºF QUEENSLAND 12ºC / 54ºF 9ºC / 49ºF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6ºC / 43ºF SOUTH AUSTRALIA 3ºC / 37ºF BRISBANE 0ºC / 32ºF -3ºC / 27ºF NEW SOUTH WALES PERTH

SYDNEY ADELAIDE CANBERRA

AUSTRALIAN MELBOURNE CAPITAL TERRITORY MINIMUM VICTORIA

TEMPERATURE TASMANIA HOBART

ANNUAL 30-YEAR AVERAGE 1976–2005 Meteorology of Bureau Source: Rainfall DARWIN millimetres / inches

3200 / 126 2400 / 94.5 2000 / 78.7 1600 / 63 1200 / 47.2 NORTHERN TERRITORY 1000 / 39.4 800 / 31.5 QUEENSLAND 600 / 23.6 500 / 19.7 WESTERN AUSTRALIA 400 / 15.7 300 / 11.8 SOUTH AUSTRALIA BRISBANE 200 / 7.9 0 / 0

NEW SOUTH WALES PERTH

SYDNEY ADELAIDE CANBERRA

AUSTRALIAN MELBOURNE CAPITAL TERRITORY ANNUAL VICTORIA

RAINFALL TASMANIA HOBART

30-YEAR AVERAGE 1976–2005 Meteorology of Bureau Source: KEY FACTORS INFLUENCING CLIMATE IN PREMIUM VITICULTURAL AREAS COOLING WEATHER LAT ITUDE PATTERNS

Areas at higher latitudes COLD WINDS OF THE – which are further from SOUTHERN OCEAN the equator – are cooler, MODERATE THE WEATHER making southern Australia IN MANY OF AUSTRALIA’S much cooler than the north FAMOUS WINE REGIONS ALTITUDE GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

Temperatures decrease by approximately 0.65°C (33ºF) for every 100 metres (328ft) THREE MOUNTAIN in altitude; the highest RANGES INFLUENCE Australian wine regions CLIMATE AND WEATHER: are up to - DARLING SCARP (WA) - MOUNT LOFTY RANGES (SA) 1000– - THE GREAT DIVIDING RANGE 1200M (QLD, NSW, VIC) (3281–3937FT) GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES

NORTHERN TERRITORY Great dividing

range QUEENSLAND WESTERN AUSTRALIA

SOUTH AUSTRALIA Mount lofty Darling ranges NEW SOUTH WALES scarp

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

VICTORIA

TASMANIA

*Indicative only Regions in the centre of large land masses that tend to have hotter summers and colder winters. CLARE VALLEY

CONTINENTAL RUTHERGLEN CLIMATE

PARTS OF GREAT SOUTHERN

CANBERRA DISTRICT Regions near the coast, where the climate has a narrower range of temperatures and rainfall is spread more evenly throughout the year. ADELAIDE MARITIME HILLS CLIMATE COONAWARRA MORNINGTON PENINSULA TASMANIA Similar to maritime climates, but summers tend to be warm and dry. There is less temperature variation between the hottest and coldest months. BAROSSA MEDITERRANEAN VALLEY CLIMATE GEOGRAPHE McLAREN VALE MARGARET RIVER (+ STRONG MARITIME INFLUENCES) AUTUMN (MARCH – MAY) AUSTRALIA’S AND GRAPE SUMMER GROWING (DECEMBER – FEBRUARY) BERRY SET SEASONS AND VERAISON SPRING (SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER) BUD BURST, GROWTH AND FLOWERING

WINTER (JUNE – AUGUST) PRUNING AND DORMANCY

UNEARTHING AUSTRALIA’S ANCIENT SOILS

- Australia has been a land mass for over 100 million years - Its soils are some of the most ancient on Earth - There are also younger sand and limestone soils, and fertile volcanic soils - Soil types can vary greatly between wine regions and within the regions themselves – even across a single block GEOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATIONS

PRE-CAMBRIAN AND CAMBRIAN METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTARY MARITIME VOLCANIC STRATA DEPOSITS (BASALT) Barossa Valley, (LIMESTONE) GRANITE Central Victoria, Eden Valley, Southeast Margaret River, Northern Clare Valley, South Australia, Mount Barker, Tasmania, Adelaide Hills, Western Victoria, Grampians, Hunter Valley, Fleurieu Peninsula, Murray Valley Northeast Victoria Orange Kangaroo Island THE MAIN SOIL GROUPS IN AUSTRALIA’S WINE REGIONS

SAND Gritty, free-draining soils that retain heat. Easy to cultivate but can lack nutrients. CLAY Heavy, poor-draining soils that are rock-hard when dry and tend to stay cooler. LOAM Nearly an equal mix of silt, clay and sand as well as organic matter. Well-drained fertile soils that promote vigorous vine growth, making rigorous pruning important.

SILT Smooth, fine-grained soils that promote water retention and can be richer in nutrients than sandy soils. PROMINENT REGIONS

NORTHERN TERRITORY

QUEENSLAND

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

SOUTH AUSTRALIA hunter NEW SOUTH WALES valley CLARE Orange VALLEY canberra district BAROSSA VICTORIA MARGARET McLAREN VALE Rutherglen RIVER adelaide hills YARRA VALLEY 0 500 COONAWARRA TASMANIA Kilometres TASMANIA Mornington Peninsula ONE OF REBORN IN THE 1970S MODERATE AUSTRALIA’S when vines were MARITIME CLIMATE MOST ELEVATED re‑planted. Today it’s AND COOL- with cool-climate CLIMATE WINE key to the evolution characteristics REGIONS of Australia wine ADELAIDE

KEY VARIETIES HILLS - - - - Shiraz - plus various alternative varieties KEY VARIETIES BAROSSA VALLEY - Shiraz - - Grenache

EDEN VALLEY - - Chardonnay - Shiraz BAROSSA - Cabernet Sauvignon

BAROSSA VALLEY warm, Mediterranean ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S HOME TO climate SOME OF THE most celebrated OLDEST VINES EDEN VALLEY and historic IN THE cooler Mediterranean wine regions WORLD climate with various mesoclimates CORNERSTONE OF WARM, MODERATELY CLASSIC, TRADITIONAL PRODUCERS COUPLED GLOBAL REPUTATION CONTINENTAL CLIMATE WITH HISTORY OF for Riesling, setting the with significant EXPERIMENTATION benchmark for classic, diurnal variation age-worthy wines and cooling breezes CLARE VALLEY KEY VARIETIES - Riesling - Shiraz - Cabernet Sauvignon KEY VARIETIES - Cabernet Sauvignon - Shiraz - COONAWARRA

MARITIME RENOWNED FAMED FOR CLIMATE ITS STRIP OF for producing influenced with premium, age‑worthy TERRA ROSSA (‘RED SOIL’) cooling effects of the red wines Southern Ocean ONE OF THE MOST WARM THE BIRTHPLACE PROGRESSIVE MEDITERRANEAN OF WINE and environmentally CLIMATE IN SOUTH conscious with a range of communities in Australia mesoclimates and microclimates M c LAREN

VALE KEY VARIETIES - Shiraz - Cabernet Sauvignon - Grenache KEY VARIETIES - Semillon Sauvignon Blanc blends - Chardonnay - Cabernet MARGARET Sauvignon RIVER

GEOGRAPHICALLY MEDITERRANEAN

ONE OF THE WORLD’S ISOLATED CLIMATE YOUNGEST WINE with ideal with strong maritime REGIONS, BUT HAS QUICKLY BUILT A grape‑growing influences, with ocean GLOBAL REPUTATION conditions on three sides KEY VARIETIES - Riesling - Shiraz CANBERRA DISTRICT

RELATIVELY YOUNG CONTINENTAL ENCOMPASSES region producing VINEYARDS CLIMATE premium wines IN ACT OF EXTREMES AND NSW AUSTRALIA’S HOME TO SOME SUBTROPICAL FIRST OF THE OLDEST CLIMATE COMMERCIAL VINE STOCK IN WINE REGION THE WORLD with maritime influences

HUNTER

VALLEY KEY VARIETIES - Semillon - Chardonnay - Shiraz KEY VARIETIES - Chardonnay - Sauvignon Blanc - Shiraz - Cabernet Sauvignon ORANGE

COOL-CLIMATE SOME OF CONTINENTAL REGION ON THE RISE THE HIGHEST CLIMATE ALTITUDE producing a VINEYARDS IN featuring warm summer growing range of AUSTRALIA days, cool nights and premium wines dry autumn conditions SMALL SEASIDE BOUTIQUE TRUE MARITIME REGION and vineyards CLIMATE SURROUNDED BY THREE BODIES producing premium with an array of OF WATER cool‑climate wines mesoclimates and microclimates MORNINGTON PENINSULA KEY VARIETIES - Pinot Noir - Chardonnay - /Grigio KEY VARIETIES - and (fortified wines) - Shiraz - RUTHERGLEN

CLASSIC CONTINENTAL HISTORIC REGION CLIMATE FIFTH- AND and Australia’s SIXTH‑GENERATION with cooling influences capital of WINEMAKERS from the foothills of the PRODUCE A RANGE OF fortified wines AWARD‑WINNING WINES Victorian Alps BIRTHPLACE DIVERSE LANDSCAPE LEADING OF VICTORIA’S with continental COOL-CLIMATE REGION WINE climate and substantial with winemakers INDUSTRY mesoclimatic variations embracing both classic and boundary- pushing techniques YARRA

VALLEY KEY VARIETIES - Chardonnay - Pinot Noir - Shiraz - Cabernet Sauvignon KEY VARIETIES - Pinot Noir - Chardonnay - Riesling TASMANIA

MODERN WINE TEMPERATE THIS PRISTINE INDUSTRY ISLAND IS ONE CLIMATE started in 1970s and has OF AUSTRALIA’S with maritime influence quickly built a global FINEST COOL- (from Tasman Sea, CLIMATE WINE reputation, particularly REGIONS Bass Strait and for sparkling wines Indian Ocean) NOTEWORTHY VARIETIES AND STYLES : RIVALLING THE WORLD’S BEST

- Australia has been making sparkling wine since the late 19th century - Today, Australia is a world-leading producer of a range of styles - Sparkling wine represents a small but significant proportion of production - Considerable growth in recent years KEY

ST YLES AND REGIONS CHARACT ERISTICS ADELAIDE HILLS One of Australia’s most exciting sparkling wine DRY BRUT STYLE regions where crisp, the most popular; aromas cool‑climate wines meet include biscuit, dough, subtlety and style toast, apple and grapefruit

THREE MAIN STYLES TASMANIA YARRA VALLEY Produces sparkling Cool climate and wines of impeccable good soil have SPARKLING RED, SPARKLING structure and style, made it a magnet ESPECIALLY SHIRAZ a niche style; many of which are for exceptional a uniquely Australian aromas include premium, Traditional sparkling wine style; crimson floral, rose petal, Method wines producers coloured, juicy, fruity strawberry, raspberry and refreshing and red currant SPARKLING RIESLING: DIVERSE AND DISTINCTIVE

- Australia is one of the world’s top Riesling producers - Long history in Australia; today one of the most renowned varieties - Planted in most wine regions; best examples from cooler areas - Minimal-intervention winemaking approach is common STYLES AND CHARACTERISTICS

THE MOST COMMON STYLE AROMATIC, IS DRY, WITH LIGHT‑BODIED TO SOME OFF-DRY MEDIUM‑BODIED, AND DESSERT HIGH ACID PRESENCE WINES ALSO PRODUCED

YOUTHFUL AGED - Citrus TYPICAL Zippy, fresh Honeyed, FLAVOURS - Apple and drinkable smooth and rich - Honey RIESLING KEY REGIONS

Great Southern Canberra CLARE Valley of great district Some of Australia’s intensity that are fresh Typical style is crisp best Riesling; and nervy in their youth and dry; off-dry signature notes and age superbly styles are making of lemon and lime, a comeback. with fruit richness Excellent ageing and a long, lingering potential persistence South Tasmania Western Great length with citrus and mineral Victoria characters and Fine, lime- Eden Valley high levels of accented and natural acidity Signature slate, mineral age-worthy character, strong lime wines juice and fragrant floral aromas; can take 10+ years to reach peak RIESLING SEMILLON: A TRULY UNIQUE EXPRESSION OF A CLASSIC

- Long history in Australia - Delicate, versatile grape produced in a range of styles - Potential to age for many years - Lends itself to botrytis, or ‘’, to produce one of Australia’s most celebrated sweet wine styles STYLES AND CHARACTERISTICS

FOUR DISTINCT COMMONLY BLENDED

LIGHT-BODIED STYLES: WITH OTHER TO MEDIUM- UNOAKED, OAKED, VARIETIES INCLUDING BODIED BLENDED, DRY WINES SAUVIGNON BLANC

BLENDS

SEMILLON CRISP, CLEAN, YOUTHFUL AGED CONTRIBUTES ELEGANT Crisp, fresh Richer with notes FLAVOUR AND AND FRUIT-DRIVEN, and citrusy of toast and honey ROUNDNESS TO AND GENERALLY THE SHARPER MADE FOR EARLY SAUVIGNON BLANC DRINKING - Citrus TYPICAL NOTES - Apple FLAVOURS

- Honey SEMILLON KEY REGIONS

Barossa Valley Typically riper, richer styles that are often barrel MARGARET RIVER fermented, however styles Semillon Sauvignon are becoming more crisp Blanc blend is a and delicate signature style, known for its liveliness and bright personality

Hunter Valley Unoaked Hunter Valley Semillon is unique in the RIVERINA wine world, capable of Produces gloriously ageing gracefully for sweet, intense well over 20 years and complex botrytis Semillon dessert wines SEMILLON CHARDONNAY: AUSTRALIA’S CLASSIC WHITE

- The most planted white variety and accounts for more than half of production - Australia has some of the oldest plantings in the world - This versatile variety is vinified into all manner of expressions - Evolved from the big, oaky wines of the 1980s and ’90s to more restrained and elegant styles STYLES AND CHARACTERISTICS

AUSTRALIAN WINEMAKERS HAVE EMBRACED ALL FLAVOURS AND UNOAKED OAKED SPARKLING CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS VARIETY

THREE BROAD STYLES

STYLES RANGE FROM - Citrus LEAN AND LIGHT-BODIED TYPICAL COOL-CLIMATE EXPRESSIONS FLAVOURS - Stone fruit TO FULLER-BODIED, RICH RD ONNAY AND RIPE VERSIONS FROM - Nuts WARM CLIMATES CHA KEY REGIONS

MORNINGTON PENINSULA Styles range from delicate adelaide hills HUNTER Valley and unoaked through Elegant, textured The previously oaky to medium‑bodied wines and lean, these and rich styles of with rich complexity. wines stand up this warm-climate Typical flavours of melon, against the finest region have evolved citrus and fig cool-climate into elegant and Chardonnays in restrained yet full- the world flavoured wines TASMANIA YARRA VALLEY Dry, delicate Elegant and wines with age-worthy cool- MARGARET RIVER piercing natural climate wines World-class, age-worthy acidity and with high levels wines with fruit ripeness, intense fine of acidity and flavour depth and flavours flavours of citrus RD ONNAY refreshing acidity and stone fruit CHA PINOT NOIR: COOL-CLIMATE CHARM

- Relative latecomer to the commercial wine community but now an integral variety - One of the hardest grapes to grow - Best examples come from cool‑climate regions - Clonal diversity has been linked to an increase in wine quality and complexity STYLES AND CHARACTERISTICS

PREMIUM LIGHT-BODIED TO WINES MEDIUM-BODIED CHARACTERISED AND RESTRAINED BY SUBTLETY IN NATURE AND FINESSE

YOUTHFUL AGED - Cherry TYPICAL Fine cherry, Develops FLAVOURS - Strawberry red berry and herbal classic earthy notes with silky or or ‘forest floor’ - Raspberry satiny texture savoury characters PINOT NOIR KEY REGIONS

Adelaide Hills Tasmania The elevation and Ideal for producing cool climate produces high‑quality Pinot Noir medium‑bodied styles due to its cool climate; with richer, ripe cherry typically light-bodied to and berry flavours medium‑bodied with delicate cherry and strawberry flavours

Mornington peninsula Yarra valley Cool, seaside Produces various region producing expressions due to medium‑bodied different elevations wines with characters and aspects; typically of strawberry light-bodied to and cherry and a medium‑bodied, backbone of acidity with flavours of cherry, strawberry and plum PINOT NOIR GRENACHE: REBIRTH OF A CLASSIC

- One of the original varieties planted in Australia - Australia boasts some of the oldest Grenache vines in the world - A workhorse grape somewhat overlooked in the early years - Today its enjoying a revival as winemakers recognise its exciting potential STYLES AND CHARACTERISTICS KEY

USED IN REGIONS SEVERAL WAYS: AS A RED WINE, IN BLENDS, Barossa valley IN ROSÉS AND Warm conditions and cool IN FORTIFIED nights produce medium-bodied WINES Typically medium- to full-bodied wines with rich bodied to full-bodied texture and notes of red fruit, earth and white pepper; Perfumed, elegant GSM blends often consist TYPICAL and food-friendly of Grenache from old vines FLAVOURS - Cherry - Berry - Spice McLaren Vale Medium-bodied to full‑bodied wines with rich texture, spice and TODAY’S STYLES VARY FROM ripe, juicy fruit; GSMs are RICH AND INTENSE TO LIGHTER, full-bodied, with a juicy mouthfeel, fine tannins

BRIGHTER WINES GRENACHE and great length SHIRAZ: AN AUSTRALIAN LEGEND

- Australia’s iconic grape and its most famous wine export - Grown in almost every region and accounts for nearly one-quarter of total wine production - Produced in a wide range of expressions, from affordable, quaffable reds to age-worthy classics - Australia has one of the oldest continuously producing Shiraz vines in the world STYLES AND CHARACTERISTICS

IDEAL BLENDING WARM-CLIMATE PARTNER – BOLD FLAVOURS, JUICY GSM, SHIRAZ JAMMY DARK FRUITS, CABERNET, RIPE TANNINS AND SHIRAZ SEAMLESS TEXTURE

STYLES

COOLER-CLIMATE ELEGANT, FOOD-FRIENDLY, WARM CLIMATE MEDIUM-BODIED - Dark cherry

AZ - Plum - Chocolate TYPICAL YOUTHFUL AGED FLAVOURS Richly textured; ripe, Softer tannins; rich, dark fruits smoother character; COOL CLIMATE spice, liquorice and

SHI R - Ripe red fruits earth characters KEY REGIONS

Eden Valley The Grampians Medium-bodied adelaide hills Elegant, savoury to full-bodied with Moderate alcohol Barossa Valley and spicy; deeply classic berry, sage levels, pepper and Bold Shiraz purple in colour and pepper notes spice aromas, fine bursting with flavour tannins and acids and character

Hunter Valley Canberra district Evolved into medium-bodied Powerful yet elegant Shiraz wines that are savoury, that’s spicy, balanced and complex and food-friendly full-flavoured AZ

McLaren Vale Mount barker Clare valley Full-bodied Silky, elegant Plush, full-bodied and with rich Shiraz with notes richly textured, with blueberry fruit of liquorice,

flavours of blackberry, SHI R and chocolate black cherry and plum and liquorice characters peppery spice CABERNET SAUVIGNON: POWERFUL AND AGE-WORTHY

- Australia’s third most planted grape variety - Known for its intensity of colour, flavour, acidity and tannins, and its ability to age for many decades - A fixture in a lot of Australia’s most historic and successful wines - Grows best in warm to cool, dry regions STYLES AND CHARACTERISTICS

AUSTRALIA IS KNOWN SUCCESSFUL AS FOR FULLER-BODIED, BOTH A SINGLE- CONCENTRATED CABERNET, VARIETY WINE BUT ALSO PRODUCES AND A DOMINANT MEDIUM‑BODIED, FEATURE IN TANNIN‑DRIVEN STYLES CLASSIC BLENDS

- Blackberry YOUTHFUL AGED TYPICAL Firm tannins, Tannins soften, FLAVOURS - Cherry high acidity, mellow and smooth, - Mint flavours of cassis, characteristics of blackberry cedar, tobacco, and herbs earth, cocoa CABERNET SAUVIGNON KEY REGIONS

Coonawarra Powerful, complex Cabernet wines; medium‑bodied to full-bodied with concentrated flavours of blackcurrant, mulberry, plum, blackberry Margaret river and dark cherry Medium-bodied to full‑bodied; richer and more rounded in texture than those

of Coonawarra; dark, blueberry fruit characters and bay Langhorne leaf, bouquet garni or Creek dried‑herb aromas Full-bodied, rich, flavourful wines with soft tannins and ripe black- fruit flavours. Signature style blends Australian Shiraz with Cabernet CABERNET SAUVIGNON ALTERNATIVE VARIETIES: INNOVATION AND DIVERSITY

- Southern Mediterranean varieties well suited to Australia’s climate, food and lifestyle - Each year the number of alternative varieties being planted increases - They currently account for only 4% of Australia’s wine-producing vineyards, but are attracting attention worldwide VARIETIES ON THE RISE

FIANO: Crisp, fresh and : Fruit-pure : Firm tannins; aromatic; flavours range from and fresh to powerful, aromatic notes of plum, citrus to stone fruit to hazelnut aged and age-worthy cherry, herbs AVOLA ’ NERO D GRÜNER VELTLINER NE BBIOLO SANGIOVESE

GRÜNER VELTLINER: Aromatic NERO D’AVOLA: Medium‑bodied, VERMENTINO: Ranges from fresh and refreshing; quite dry, naturally fresh acidity, generous to textural; notes of almond, savoury and somewhat fruity tannins, food-friendly citrus, green apple and ‘sea spray’ AUSTRALIAN WINE: AS DIVERSE AS THE COUNTRY KEY POINTS TO REMEMBER: - The first vines were planted in THAT MADE IT Australia in 1788; today there are 65 wine regions growing more than 100 grape varieties

- Australia’s climate and soils are extremely diverse, and wine is produced across the country, although it’s concentrated around the southeast and southwest

- Australia has been a land mass for over 100 million years, and its soils are some of the most ancient on Earth; soils vary greatly between and within regions - Latitude, maritime influences and elevation all contribute to a surprising diversity of climates – ranging from alpine zones, to Mediterranean areas, to the tropics, to the very dry centre

- Each of Australia’s 65 wine regions has its own characteristics and wine styles; in general, higher-value premium wines come from smaller and cooler-climate regions

- Australia’s most prominent varieties and wine styles are sparkling wines, Riesling, Semillon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Grenache, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon

- Alternative varieties – largely Mediterranean vines – are rapidly growing in popularity, adding to the diversity of Australian wine THANK YOU