2005 Shiraz-Lagrein
Our blend of the relatively rare Italian grape variety Lagrein* with Shiraz has produced a rich, full bodied, satisfying wine that cascades across the palate with flavours of spicy dark plums, musky rose blossom and blackberry, with savoury notes of leather, mushroom and tobacco leaf. Fourteen months in French oak 300 litre ‘hogsheads’ has produced a finely balanced wine underpinned by earthy terroir characters. This wine was made from hand-picked fruit grown at the Amietta Vineyard on the edge of the Moorabool Valley near Bannockburn.

*Lagrein is a rare grape variety from the Alto Aldige region in the far northeast of Italy (near the Austrian border) where it is grown in one small area near the city of Bolzano. In Australia there are about a dozen vineyards where Lagrein is grown. We believe Amietta is the only commercial producer of a Shiraz-Lagrein blend in the world.

Cost: $30 per bottle.   Buy Wine