Bluemark 2016The 2016 Bluemark is an overachieving Barossa Valley Shiraz. This bold Barossa Shiraz has an inviting bouquet with aromas of ripe plum, Christmas cake, fruit compote and chocolate oak.
The full-bodied palate is rich and intense with an abundance of flavour and a deep colour.
The length is very generous and completes this very enjoyable Barossa Shiraz.
Pirathon Blue Shiraz helps in the challenge of what to pick by being a consistent, high quality and traditional Barossa Shiraz that you can rely on. For that special occasion you simply do not need to think and worry about what to choose but can rely on this for a good quality, hearty Shiraz.
The full-bodied palate is rich and intense with abundance of flavour. Bright fruits dominate and are complimented by toasty oak barrel maturation characters. Tannins are soft and integrated adding structure and depth without detracting from the rich fruit.
Deep purple black
The boquet is inviting with aromas of ripe plum, Christmas cake, fruit compote and chocolate oak.
Barossa Valley, South Australia.
One of Australia's oldest
and most premium wine regions, famous for it's Shiraz around the world.
100% Shiraz
The grapes used are grown from traditional Barossa clones first introduced to the region over hundreds of years ago.
Greenock, Moppa, Belvidere, Koonunga & Ebenezer
The grapes were harvested from the low-yielding vineyards of traditional family growers in the north-western Barossa.
Elevation approximately 300-350m.
Enjoy now or cellar for up to 5 years
14.5% Alcohol
Vegan friendly
Vintage 2016 was hot and dry resulting in grapes ripening earlier than average. Winter and Spring rainfall was down by 38% whilst growing season temperatures were up by 3 degrees. Some welcome rain came at the end of January refreshing the vines and giving them good moisture to ripen to maturity. Yields from 2016 are solid and importantly quality is stunning. 2016 is certainly a star vintage with bright intense wines of great flavour intensity and inherent balance.
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.
Following harvest, 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.