2010 Museum 'Tallavera' Shiraz
2010 Museum 'Tallavera' Shiraz
2010 Museum 'Tallavera' Shiraz
2010 Museum 'Tallavera' Shiraz

2010 Museum 'Tallavera' Shiraz

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Our Single Vineyard ‘Tallavera’ Shiraz comes from its namesake vineyard in the Mount View area of the lower Hunter Valley. A complex mix of spice, earth and ripe mulberry fruit integrated well with savoury oak. The palate is medium bodied and fruit driven displaying sweet berry fruit balanced by fine tannins providing great texture and a classically elegant finish.

Aged Tasting Note

Sixteen years on and this one has settled into exactly what a great Hunter Shiraz should become. The mulberry and spice are still there but softer now, joined by savoury earth and a gentle leathery note that only comes with real bottle age. The tannins have turned fine and the finish stays classically elegant rather than powerful. A Halliday 95 and a shelf of silver and gold medals confirm what the glass already tells you."

"Sixteen years in the cellar and it's only just hitting its stride. Pour it for someone who'll actually notice the difference age makes."

Fancy · Medium │ Collector · Serious wine │ Autumn, Winter
  • James Halliday Score 95
  • GOLD (Class 36) - Dan Murphy’s National Wine Show of Australia 2011
  • Silver (Class 31) - Clear Image Hunter Valley Wine Show 2011
  • Silver (Class 1A) - International Wine & Spirits Competition 2012
  • Silver (Class 3) - Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2012
  • Silver (Class 38) - Royal Sydney Wine Show 2013
  • Hunter Valley NSW 100% Tallavera Vineyard
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Fermented on skins at 18 - 20 Degrees for 7 days. Matured in selected French oak for 15 months prior to blending and bottling.

Good early season rains followed a very early budburst in late August with even growing conditions continuing until Christmas. Ripening commenced in mid December and with the very low seasonal crop levels the harvest was the earliest for decades. All major varieties were picked before the first rains in late January. Our Shiraz blocks were picked with great colour and structure at over 14Be. Cropping levels for Shiraz were 0.5 to 1.5 tonnes/acre and we expect the wines to be classics.

Our Limited Release ‘Tallavera’ Shiraz comes from its namesake vineyard in the Mount View area of the lower Hunter Valley. The Mount View area contains 3 small protected subvalleys with highly favourable soils influenced by the large proportion of limestones in the underlying rocks. Terra Rossa clays over crumbly limestone and free draining red and brown clay loams cover hill slopes and are planted to red varieties.

2013 Australian wine companion-2011 NSW WINE TOP 100 - 95 Crimson-purple; the complex bouquet has plum, mulberry and a hint of sweet earth, the soft, supple medium-bodied palate with great line, length and balance, the tannins silky, oak restrained. Drink to 2030.
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