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Magill Estate Shiraz
Item number: 007 960
Name: Magill Estate Shiraz
Region: Australia - South Australia
Producer: Penfolds
Grapes: 100% Shiraz
Climate: 2006 is a relatively early vintage. Warm and mostly dry weather in spring can be used to drive out the vines buds than usual, and bloom. In the summer, mild to warm temperatures promote good development of the grapes to ripen beautifully in light rain just before harvest and the grapes develop intense flavors.
Color: red
Maturity: enjoy and storable
Description: Color: deep, glossy dark red Nose: After flushing develop or a fragrant sweet potpourri of flowers, licorice, cinnamon, cocoa, nuts, figs and quince paste, but also easy hearty reminiscences (Bouillon) are significant, many fine aromatic evidence of the special wine-making - fermentation in open fermenters, 100% new oak, basket press taste: on the palate surprisingly juicy with fruity aromas of cranberries, red currants, dark cherries and green olives, then spicy, with smoky barrel notes, coffee, malt, fresh tobacco and cedar , excellently structured, the tannins are fine grained, the oak perfectly integrated, the acid fresh and juicy
Serving suggestion: with duck confit, roast breast of duck, beef, game or the spicy dishes of Oriental cuisine
Serving temperature: 18.00 ° C
Analytical Data: Alcohol content: 14.40%
Acidity: 7.00 g / l
stored for up to (at least): up to about 2030
Preparation: With careful vineyard work (exactly matching vine training, canopy management, green harvesting) and keep separate parcels for the Penfolds Winemaker Winemaking nuanced as the equally complex flavors of the grapes Magill Estate Shiraz. All grapes are hand harvested into small Lesekistchen and placed in the 120-year-old Magill Estate winery. Here the wines are fermented in open fermenters (100% new oak), are then pressed in traditional basket press and for 14 months in large, also 100% new oak barrels (71% of French, 29% American oak) developed.
General: 'Precious! Elegant. Balanced. Clearly defined. Just as it should be. Penfolds Chief Winmaker Peter Gago does not seem too unhappy with his 2006-spec Magill Estate Shiraz. Whether it's the best thing since the great 1998 vintage, however? We'll soon find out! " Magill Estate is one of the holy sites of Australian wines. Here, Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold and had his wife Mary established in 1844 and a year later built a cottage, which they called The Grange. The property still stands today and is just five miles from City Hall in Adelaide, one of the very few isolated locations around the world are moving within the city limits. The vineyards and the historic winery buildings are now protected as a cultural heritage. It is true that developments in the past the vineyard to a size of 5.2 hectares can shrink, but extends the concentrated power of the vines still to prepare it for a wine with a lush bouquet of Penfolds history. Penfolds Magill Estate Shiraz, the first was pressed 1983rd His style, however, has consistently developed. While the early vintages were quite lean and compact, the wine shows from the 1990s, a more clearly defined fruit and more vitality on the palate. These advances have also helped in the Vineyard: The winemakers are now more much more on the maturity of the tannins and the overall development of the aromatic grapes. So cry arise in a soft structure and rich fruit. In a skilful for his multi-district blending famous company is the single vineyard wine Magill Estate is not only a precious rarity, it is pure history of wine in bottles.
Awards: Decanter World Wine Award 2009: Bronze
Bottle size: 0,75 l
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