Bimbadgen Signature 2019 Shiraz

Description

A wine of regional style and intense flavour - only the best fruit ends up in the Signature. 2019 marked the third consecutive vintage in the Hunter Valley that has produced outstanding wines. A vintage typifed by warm, dry conditions. This Signature Shiraz has seen 4 years of bottle age before release, allowing the wine to mature and develop while still showing great freshness and poise. A classic savoury Hunter Valley Shiraz.

Wine Details

• Vintage 2019
• Type Red Wine
• Variety Shiraz
• Volume 750ml
• Alcohol Volume 14.1%
• PH

  3.50

• Acidity

  6.7g/L

• Maturation

  16 months in new and old French Barriques

• Closure ScrewCap
• Bottling Date

  5th June, 2020

• Harvest Date

  24th-30th January, 2019

• Background

  Bimbadgen McDonalds Road and Palmers Lane Vineyards

• Vintage Notes

  2019 marked the third consecutive vintage in the Hunter Valley that has produced outstanding wines. A vintage typifed by warm, dry conditions. This Signature Shiraz has seen 4 years of bottle age before release, allowing the wine to mature and develop while still showing great freshness and poise. A classic savoury Hunter Valley Shiraz.

• Tasting Notes

  Fruit crushed into stainless steel fermenter and inoculated with a neutral yeast strain. Regular pump overs for colour and tannin extraction throughout fermentation before being pressed into French oak barriques.

• Colour

  Deep garnet

• Bouquet

  Black cherry, brambly blue fruits and subtle oak

• Palate

  Concentrated dark berries packed around spicy oak, balanced by a fine line of acidity and silky tannins

• Peak Drinking / Cellaring Potential

  10+ years