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C.H Premier Select Shiraz Cellar Reserve 2018 (12x 750mL) SA

Description:

Big, rich and luxurious, this Barossa Shiraz highlights the generous ripe fruit characters typical of vintage 2018. Complimented with a heavy dose of toasty French oak it has a warm rustic charm, great length and sumptuous tannin structure. With four years cellar maturation this wine is drinking well now and will pair with the heartiest, thick wagyu steak.

C.H Premier Select Shiraz Cellar Reserve

  1. C.H Premier Select Shiraz Cellar Reserve 2018 (12x 750mL) SA

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Big, rich and luxurious, this Barossa Shiraz highlights the generous ripe fruit characters typical of vintage 2018. Complimented with a heavy dose of toasty French oak it has a warm rustic charm, great length and sumptuous tannin structure. With four years cellar maturation this wine is drinking well now and will pair with the heartiest, thick wagyu steak.

Region:
SA - Barossa
State:
South Australia
Country:
Australia

Winery Tasting Notes

Notes Image

Colour

The colour is deep plum red through the core with vibrant ruby hints and bright crimson edges.

Aroma

The opening bouquet is full of dark cherries and blackberry fruit ahead of lovely new French oak. Sweet vanilla spice, white pepper and toast add to the complexity, lifted by rich alcohol spirit.

Palate

Toasty French oak is front and centre, supported by rich, ripe blackberry, raspberry and plum. Warming on the tongue, the more complex characters of licorice, tobacco and spicy charcuterie emerge. This is an assertive wine with big juicy tannins and a solid oak influence. It has lovely balance and a long velvety finish with hints of dark chocolate.

Food Matching

This is a big wine with intense flavour. Pair it with a tomahawk wagyu steak, barbequed rack of lamb, smokey beef brisket or your favourite continental sausage.

Cellaring Potential

This is another of my traditional Barossa classics, full bodied, rich and generous. Already with four years maturation it will continue to develop slowly and provide rewarding drinking for over a decade if cellared carefully.

Winery Profile

My first winemaking experience was harvesting grapes in the Barossa Valley during vintage 1981. Long hot days were spent hand picking bunches of sweet, sticky Riesling, Shiraz, Cabernet, Grenache and a host of other nearly forgotten varieties. At the end of each day after the last bins were tipped into the crusher, we’d meet at the weighbridge with Peter Lehmann for a bottomless glass of robust Shiraz and an inspired conversation about the new wines and vintage developments.

After three decades my day still ends with a nice glass or two of Shiraz or maybe Chardonnay but a lot has changed over that time. From a humble cellar hand plunging skins in open concrete fermenters during the 1980’s, to debating the appropriate cooperage for Hunter Shiraz with Len Evans in the 1990’s to the corporate boardrooms of giant multinationals in the 2000’s, I’m now back to making wine as an independent negociant.

Based in the heart of McLaren Vale, I’m surrounded by wonderful old vineyards and dozens of modern wineries run by talented winemakers. The joy of being a negociant winemaker is the flexibility to be able to source grapes and make wine anywhere throughout Australia. The benefit is an unlimited resource of varieties, regions, styles and skills to craft individual batches of unique wines without constraints.

My goal is to create genuine, honest wines that showcase flavour, vitality and life. Good wine should be accessible to all and be enjoyed as part of a healthy, active lifestyle with fine food, close friends and plenty of fun. I have many favourites but I believe variety is the spice of life and I enjoy discovering new flavours and stretching the boundaries of traditional winemaking.

From an old favourite to something exotic, tantalizing and new, I hope you enjoy the journey through my selection of classic Australian wines.

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Other Information

  • 2018 vintage
  • 12 x 750mL units
  • SA - Barossa, South Australia
  • Screwcap closure
  • 15% alc.

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