Pirathon Cellar Door & Wine Sales
15 Vine Vale Road
Tanunda
Pirathon Winery & Production
979 Light Pass Road
Vine Vale
Pirathon Country Estate & Carter House
278 Menge Rd
Tanunda
Pirathon Gold
2017
980
The Pirathon Gold Shiraz was introduced to Pirathon's range in 2016 as a premium reserve wine.
The best grape lots were carefully selected from the 2017 intake and combined with 100% French Oak barrels with no compromise on quality.
The resulting wine provides a palate of bright fruits balanced with chalky tannins which dominate in this classy, highly integrated, harmonious Barossa Shiraz.
...The Pirathon Gold Shiraz was introduced to Pirathon's range in 2016 as a premium reserve wine.
The best grape lots were carefully selected from the 2017 intake and combined with 100% French Oak barrels with no compromise on quality.
The resulting wine provides a palate of bright fruits balanced with chalky tannins which dominate in this classy, highly integrated, harmonious Barossa Shiraz.
The Pirathon Gold Shiraz is for those who want only the very best and cannot settle for anything else. Pirathon Gold provides the prestige best of the pick grapes, carefully handled and fermented in the best quality barrels with a taste and appearance that will astound you and your guests.
Reviews
96 Points - Wine Orbit
Silver - Decanter World Wine Awards 2020
Tasting Notes
Palate
Full bodied and flavoursome this concentrated wine showcases generosity but also refinement with an understated elegance in structure. Fruit is in the more exotic spectrum of boysenberry and red current with layers of cedar and warm spice. Structurally the wine is a stand out, with fine, long tannins weaving seamlessly with the fruit to create a...
Full bodied and flavoursome this concentrated wine showcases generosity but also refinement with an understated elegance in structure. Fruit is in the more exotic spectrum of boysenberry and red current with layers of cedar and warm spice. Structurally the wine is a stand out, with fine, long tannins weaving seamlessly with the fruit to create a long, rich and persistent palate.Appearance
Deep garnet with purple hues
Aroma
An impressive array of brooding dark fruits complemented with perfumed oak aromatics of brown spice, nutmeg, cinnamon and cardamom.
Technical Details
Region
Barossa Valley, South Australia.
One of Australia's oldest and most premium wine regions, famous for it's Shiraz around the world.
Sub-Regions
Belvidere & Ebenezer
The grapes were harvested from the low-yielding vineyards of traditional family growers in the north-western Barossa.
Elevation approximately 300-350m.
Varietal
100% Shiraz
The grapes used in Pirathon Gold are grown from traditional Barossa clones first introduced to the region over hundreds of years ago.
Fermentation
Destemmed and crushed berry
Primary: Select Yeast. Secondary: Wild Malolactic.
Open top fermentation, 7-12 days on skins.
Barrels
100% French Oak
75% New, 25% Used.
1.5 years aged in barrel.
Bottling
200 cases produced
Unfined and unfiltered
Harvest
2 Lots in April 2017
The best lots selected.
Average yield of 1.75 tonne per acre.
Sugar at harvest 14.8-15.4 Baume.
When to Drink
Enjoy now or cellar for 10-15 years
15.2% Alcohol
Vegan friendly