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Printable Tasting Notes Shiraz is very much at home in the Strathbogie Ranges, evoking flavours of plums, cherries and black pepper. The 2005 Allira Shiraz offers a clear expression of how well this variety performs high in the hills of the Strathbogie Ranges. This wine has a crimson and magenta core, fading to crimson and red at the rim. The elegant nose evokes ripe plum, black pepper and vanillin oak. The characteristic Strathbogie Ranges Shiraz selection of spices such as cinnamon, clove, cardamom and nutmeg meld in with the plum and cherry fruit aromas. On the palate, the wine features classic cool-climate Shiraz elegance – plum, cherry, black pepper, licorice, vanilla and the abovementioned sweet spices are present in varying degrees across the palate, framed with soft and fine tannins and supported by freshening acidity.

This Shiraz is harvested when the grapes taste of dark plums, black cherries and a mixture of sweet spices – clove, cinnamon and nutmeg in particular. At harvest, the grapes are promptly delivered to the Winery where they were de-stemmed, pumped into open fermenters and inoculated with cultured yeast. Fermentation takes place over 8 – 9 days and extraction is managed by regularly pushing the skins back into the purple and foaming juice. When this is complete, the skins are then dragged out of the vat into our basket press where they are gently pressed to extract the remaining wine. Careful maturation in French oak over twelve to eighteen months is then required to coax out the sweet fruit and overall vinous character before the wine is blended and prepared for bottling.

The elegant palate structure of this wine lends itself to versatility with respect to the food this wine can accompany. However, mildly spicy dishes such as Lamb Kofta, Moroccan Lamb, or simply a roast leg of Lamb smeared in harissa would prove to be excellent matches. This wine is best enjoyed to be drunk from now to 2012.

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