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William James Maxwell was an architectural sculptor who migrated from Scotland to Australia in 1875. He built a mock castle and established a family vineyard just outside Adelaide, which he named Woodlands Park. His son planted vines in nearby McLaren Vale and his grandson served a term as winemaker for Hardy Wines at the historic Tintara wineworks. William Maxwell's progeny remain in McLaren Vale, producing the southern hemisphere's most successful brands of Honey Mead, as well as vintages of the most extraordinary value in McLaren Vale Shiraz. But what does Maxwell taste like? Gentleman James Halliday describes Maxwell as robust, picking the eyes out of.. Made of mature vine mclaren vale »
Airline pilots make surprisingly good wine. Their appreciation of the sciences, a respect for the weather and a bird's eye view of the land, all invaluable to the winemaker's art. John Ellis would take every opportune weekend away from his regular New York Paris route, to pursue a passion for viticulture. He planted the first commercial Cabernet Merlot vines in the Hamptons and found time between trans atlantic flights to work vintages amongst the Grand Cru vineyards of La Bourgogne. Ellis ultimately made the great lifelong sea change in favour of our land downunder. He settled on a farmstead outside Leongatha, amongst the slow ripening pastures of Gippsland.. Placing pinot amongst the pastures»
Medical practitioners are conspicuously over representedas proprietors, within the pantheon of Australia's most artisanal boutique vineyards and baronial winemaking estates.Is it really all about the quest for a healthy mind and healthy body, or rather something more visceral and indulgent that our physicians are practising?The chemists at Claymore have chosen to formulate their range of elixirs according to a taxonomy of remedial refrains.Santana's Black Magic Woman conjures up edifications of a brooding Cabernet Sauvignon. The Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon whets the palate for an opaque, cryptic Shiraz.A canon of unchained melodies, all from the fruit of.. Completely in concert with clare»
The Australian winemaking industry is grateful to Leontine O'Shea, instrumental in the establishment of Mount Pleasant wines, she sent her son Maurice to France for an education in viticulture right at the outbreak of World War I, gifting him his first Hunter Valley vineyard in 1921. Mount Pleasant are now custodians of some grand old sites, a canon of small, elite blocks of vine that yield a precious range of icon wines, which represent peerless value and readily disappear before release of the following vintage... The legacy of grand old hunter valley vineyards»

Argiano Solengo IGT 2002 CONFIRM 2002 VINTAGE

Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Shiraz Montalcino Italy
Solengo is an articulation of the unique soils and mesoclimes which nurture Argiano's splendid old vines. Due to a convergence of propitious growing conditions, the noble red grapes of France's Medoc and Cotes du Rhone, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot, Merlot and Syrah, can be grown to achieve extraordinary qualities in terms of concentration, ripeness and finesse. Argiano have long since taken their pick of vineyards, appropriating harvests of the finest quality from many of Tuscany's most eminent and ancient winegrowing families.
The moderate rainfall over the Solengo vineyards at Montalcino promotes a healthier ripening period, bringing more concentration and flavours to the wine. Grapes are all picked by hand with great care and collected into small baskets. Varietals are separately handled and vinified, Cabernet is macerated sixteen days on skins, fourteen days for the Merlot and twelve for Syrah. Upon completion of ferments and malolactic by the end of January, components are assembled and transferred to a selection of completely new French oak barriques for fourteen months maturation. Barrels, racked, settled and bottled, unfiltered and unfined, Solengo may possess the harmless sediment which is indicative of quality, natural wine.
Opaque ruby purple colour. The nose is captivating and intense, rich and dense, full of ripe fruits and sweet spicy aromas, coffee and fresh herb with hints of pepper. A medium bodied palate of remarkable structure expressing black currant and blackberry fruit characters infused by toasty French oak, all supported by a rich length of chewy, sweet tannins.
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