2019 Richardson Reserve Shiraz

Description

RRP: $160.00
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Eyes
Deep ruby colour. 

Nose
Black liquorice and spice scents amongst blueberry fruit, sweet oak and some undergrowth aromas.

Mouth
The blueberry, mushroom, earth and five-spice flavours are all fruit derived, but they have been crafted into a wine of great complexity by ageing in the best available French and American oak allowing integration of all these flavours whilst adding to the structure and tannin, creating a long spicy aftertaste.

Winemaking Notes
This Richardson Reserve Shiraz wines are produced from the most exceptional parcels of fruit identified by the Blue Pyrenees team each year. This wine was vinified and matured in 30% new oak for 24 months, before blending and preparation for bottling. The nominated 2019 Shiraz grapes displayed intense varietal characters as they reached optimum ripeness and balance, in the warm grape growing season of 2019. Vinification included fermentation in static fermenters, and extended skin contact for 2 weeks, before 24 months maturation in new and two-year-old French and American oak hogsheads, ensuring complexity, smoothness and integration of all the flavour components and fine tannin, before bottling in June 2019.

Cellaring
Can be enjoyed now or cellared with confidence for 20 + years.