Red Baron Shiraz
Current vintage
2011
The Red Baron shiraz delivers vibrant fruit with a rich soft entry leading into a blend of red berry, cherry and plum fruits framed with smooth ripe tannins. A wine to enjoy now for its fresh juicy style.
Appearance
Vibrant purple.
Bouquet
Intense aromas of mulberries, plums and black cherries, interwoven with nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves.
Palate
Fresh juicy red berries, plums and black cherries lead into a vanilla custard mid palate with hints of toast, coffee and mocha. The youthful tannins complete the experience with an injection of fresh toasty oak on the finish.
Winemaking
Cool temperatures during ripening in Feb and March preserved the bright colour and gave us a red berry fruit flavor profile in the fruit. Harvest was slightly later than usual, with most fruit enjoying the cooler ripening conditions and became flavor ripe at moderate sugar levels. Each batch was open fermented for 7-8 days on skins with low intensity pumpovers conducted to preserve the primary fruit flavours in the wine. The wine was then pressed off to finish fermentation in tank or old oak barrels. Most batches spend part of their maturation time in old French and American oak.
Technical analysis
- Alcohol 14.5%
Ageing potential
This wine is made to be enjoyed now while it is fresh, young and fruity.
Awards
Gold Medal, New Zealand International Wine Awards 2012
Silver Medal, International Wine and Spirit Competition 2012
Silver Medal, AWC Vienna International Wine Challenge 2012
Silver Medal, Mundus Vini Great International Wine Award 2012
Bronze Medal, Royal Hobart Wine Show2012
Bronze Medal, Hong Kong International Wine and Spirit Competition 2012
Bronze Medal, Decanter Asia Wine Awards 2012
Bronze Medal, Japan Wine Challenge 2012
Bronze Medal, Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2012
Bronze Medal, Royal Queensland Wine Show 2012
4 Stars, Winestate Magazine World’s Greatest Shiraz Challenge VII, Sept/Oct 2012
Top 40 Best Value Buys, Winestate Magazine Wine & Spirit Insider, Sept/Oct 2012
Viticulturalist
Nick Wiltshire
Winemaker
Scott Zrna
Tasting notes
2010 Red Baron Shiraz in Large Print
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- Retail$17.50
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