Greenstone, Shiraz, Heathcote, Victoria, Australia ‘06

Grapes: Shiraz
Each: £14.75
DECEMBER OFFER - A dozen for £160 (£13.33 each)

The big challenge facing the Australian wine industry today is expanding its profile past the Barbie to the Grand State Banquet (and all in between).
Australia
is blessed, Mother Nature has smiled on the sunburnt country and technically there are no better. The industry is well organised and shares its knowledge freely. And here in lies the problem. The Brand has been Australia, effective but not very sophisticated. Australian wine regions are diverse and, as appreciation of that diversity grows, becoming more so. Simply the quest is for individuality and Heathcote is a prime site with very much its own signature. Shiraz really does thrive here (as in most of Oz) producing full flavoured (of course) but brilliantly structured and edgy wines that leave you wanting more NOT overwhelmed with the first glass.
A plumy, brambly treat.

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