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2005 Pirathon

Pirathon Shiraz is a full bodied wine encompassing the great flavour, texture and structure of the north-western Barossa

The palate is very generous and promptly fills all corners of the mouth with richness and flavours of dark fruit.

2005 Pirathon

Overview

The 2005 Pirathon Shiraz is a classic big Shiraz with the layers working together to provide harmony.

This wine is full-bodied with integrated tannins working together will classy oak barrel characters.

A lengthy finish completes a powerful and well-balanced wine.

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Tasting Notes

Palate

The palate is very generous and promptly fills all corners of the mouth with richness and flavours of dark fruit. The full-bodied palate is balanced with a layered and robust structure with integrated chalky tannins and classy oak barrel maturation haracters. A very lengthy finish completes a complex and opulent wine.

Appearance

Rich purple-black in colour

Aroma

The bouquet immediately evokes a serious wine with uplifting and concentrated aromas of black plum, dark chocolate, fruit cake, briar, cedar, subtle licorice and a touch of spice.

Technical Detail

 Region

Barossa Valley, South Australia.
One of Australia's oldest and most premium wine regions, famous for it's Shiraz around the world.

 Varietal

100% Shiraz
The grapes used are grown from traditional Barossa clones first introducted to the region over 100s of years ago.

 Sub-Regions

Greenock, Moppa, Belvedere, Stonewell, Seppeltsfield, Koonunga & Ebenezer
The grapes were harvested from the low-yielding vineyards of traditional family growers in the north-western Barossa.
Elevation approximately 300-350m.

 When to Drink

Enjoy now or cellar for 5-10 years
15.0% Alcohol
Vegan friendly

  

Vintage Notes

Growing Season

The 2005 growing season was one of the Barossa's best with good Spring rains giving the vines a solid start and a dry, mild Autumn providing an excellent finish for ripening.

Vineyard

The grapes were harvested from the low-yielding vineyards of traditional family growers in the north-western Barossa districts of Greenock, Moppa, Belvedere, Stonewell, Seppeltsfield, Koonunga and Ebenezer. Each vineyard adds its own exclusive dimension to Pirathon Shiraz and combined they produce the ultimate blend.

Winemaking

Following harvestsss, each individual lot of grapes was crushed into a separate open top fermenter. During fermentation, hand pump-overs gently extracted colour and flavour from the grapes. The fermented grapes were pressed with a traditional press. The wines were then filled to new and seasoned American, French, Russian and Hungarian oak hogsheads for maturation for eighteen months before each lot of wine was racked from the barrel and carefully blended. The wine was bottled without fining, ensuring the true expression of the vineyards in the bottle.

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