Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz 2001

Dalwhinnie Moonambel Shiraz 2001"The Dalwhinnie Shiraz vineyard is one of Australia's great wine treasures." Campbell Mattinson Dalwhinnie, located near the small village of Moonambel in the heart of the Pyrenees region of western Victoria, is one of Victoria's oldest family run vineyards. Dalwhinnie has been growing grapes for nearly 50 years and the 16 hectare vineyard is now fully mature. At 595 metres above sea level, Dalwhinnie is the highest and most remote of the Pyrenees

"  Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia - Due Bicchieri (Two Glasses)

much easier to make good wine than before

but calmly shows its excellent qualities

Paolo Scavino

and it was a big vintage so there were a lot of new barrels

a complex array of briary

This is always the first vineyard to be harvested

Bricco Boschis

rather than what I haven’t done

Matured in French Oak puncheons (25% new

there's a hint of mint and lavender on the nose before a heady aroma of mixed berries

a cluster of fog-prone hills around the village of the same name