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REGIONAL RESERVE CLARE VALLEY SHIRAZ. A wonderful deep mulberry red colour. The layers to this wine just keep on evolving. Ripe, intense aromas of berry fruits balance with spicy characters of cloves and cinnamon with a subtle touch of mint. The palate is both elegant and complex, finishing with refined spicy oak and supple tannins. A stylish Shiraz showing how versatile and good this variety can be with rich plum, spice and blackberry fruit characters. Love this stuff.

VINTAGE: 2005

VARIETY: Shiraz

REGION: Clare Valley

WINEMAKERS: Rod Hooper, Danny Toaldo, Sean Hampel

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Alcohol: 14.8 %PH: 3.43 Total Acid: 6.32 g/lResidual Sugar: 4.3 g/lOak Treatment: American Oak for 12-15 months

VINIFICATION: Harvested mid March. The fruit was crushed to a static fermenter, it was fermented at 23°C with pump overs daily. The wine was drained and Basket pressed at 1 baume before being inoculated for malolactic fermentation then placed to new and used oak until completion. Once again the wine was racked and returned to oak with sulphur addition post MLF. Wine spent between 12-15 months in mainly American Oak.

VINTAGE REPORT: The 2005 Vintage produced some outstanding Shiraz fruit, ripeness was unusually high with good ph and TA due to milder conditions prior to harvest. Tannin ripeness did not occur until quite high in baume (sugar accumulation was more rapid than physiological ripeness). Shiraz from this vintage is characteristically ripe in fruit expression, with sweet fruit mid palate weight and soft ripe tannins on the finish, some wines are quite alcoholic from this vintage.

FOOD RECOMMENDATION: With such elegant flavours combine with a meal of similar sophistication, Wagyu beef or herb encrusted pork fillet.

CELLARING: A wine with reverence due to the structure and length of palate showing it's ability to age, yet soft and supple enough to enjoy tonight. Our suggestion is try one now and lie one down!

AWARDS TO DATE: Not Shown

REGIONAL RESERVE YARRA VALLEY CHARDONNAY. Light straw in colour. Introducing a wine of refined finesse, the bouquet is almost creamy in character with aromas of lemon rind, spice and subtle hints of toasty, nutty oak. The palate is mouthfilling and ety with a crisp citrus finish.

VINTAGE: 2006

VARIETY: Chardonnay

REGION: Yarra Valley

WINEMAKERS: Rod Hooper, Danny Toaldo, Sean Hampel

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: Alcohol: 13.0 % pH: 3.13 Total Acidity: 5.89 g/l Residual Sugar: 5.2 g/l

VINIFICATION: Sourced from Yarra Valley vineyards, the fruit was harvested at night in early March. After crushing and pressing the free run fraction of the juice was transferred to stainless steel tanks where cold settling occurred over 48 hours. The upper clear portion was then racked to another stainless steel tank where fermentation was initiated with a commercial yeast strain. Fermentation progressed for approximately two weeks at a controlled temperature of 15°C. After fermentation the wine was racked off gross lees, then cold stabilised and fined. The oak portion was crushed and pressed then fermented in French oak barriques, where malolactic fermentation was allowed to occur. The wine was then allowed age for 9 months before being racked and stabilized then blended with the unoaked portion. The wine was then filtered and bottled to retain freshness.

VINTAGE REPORT: Vintage was one of the earliest on record in the Yarra Valley in 2006. A warm spring followed by unusually high summer temperatures in December. The ideal growing season meant even flowering and fruit set on all varieties. Milder temperatures in February and March ensured steady ripening before harvest.

FOOD RECOMMENDATION: Scallops sauteed in white wine and lemon butter sauce will harmonize with the elegant character of this Chardonnay.

CELLARING: The refined character of this wine makes it ideal to drink now with food but will age gracefully over the next 5 years.

AWARDS TO DATE: Not Shown