Producers/bottles Flashcards
“Bin 707”
Penfolds.
Cabernet Sauvignon
“Art Series”
Location?
Leeuwin Estate
Chardonnay
Margaret River
“Basket Press”
Location?
Rockford
Shiraz
Barossa Valley
—former winemaker David Powell (later started Torbreck winery)
“Graveyard”
Location?
Brokenwood
Shiraz
Hunter Valley
—Named because locals had designated the plot as a cemetery (but never used as one). Purchased in 1978.
—Brokenwood started by a team of 3 including wine critic James Halliday
Chris Ringland
Location?
Shiraz
Barossa
“Astralis”
Location?
Clarendon Hills
Shiraz
McLaren Vale
Bass Phillip Reserve
Located?
Pinot Noir
Gippsland
“Diana Madeline”
Location?
Cullen/Cabernet-Merlot
Margaret River
Giaconda
Location?
Chardonnay
Beechworth, Victoria
- Rick Kinzbrunner winemaker (2003 Australian winemaker of the year; Decanter world’s 10 best white wines in 2006)
- winery named after the Mona Lisa, which is also known as La Giaconda in Italy
“Polish Hill”
Location?
Soils?
Grosset/Riesling.
Clare Valley
Lies atop blue slate bedrock not dissimilar from the Devonian blue slate of the Mosel Valley in Germany.
Moss Wood
Location?
Cabernet Sauvignon
Margaret River
“Quintet”
Location?
Mount Mary Cab Sauv (50%), Merlot (25%), Cab Franc (15%), Malbec (5%) and Petit verdot (5%)
Yarra Valley
Clonakilla
Location?
Shiraz-Viognier
Canberra
Wendouree
Location?
Shiraz
Clare Valley
“1860 Vines” Shiraz
Location?
Tahbilk
—Nagambe Lakes (Goulburn Valley)
—from ungrafted vines planted in 1860, escaped phylloxera due to alluvial, sandy soils along the Goulburn River.
—Also counts some of the world’s largest and some of the oldest Marsanne vines (planted in 1927) amongst its holdings.
“John Riddoch”
Location?
Wynns
Cabernet Sauvignon
Coonawarra
“First Growth”
Location?
Parker Estate
Cabernet Sauvignon
Coonawarra
Majella
Location?
Cabernet Sauvignon
Coonawarra
“The Command”
Location?
Elderton
Shiraz
Barossa
“RunRig”
Location?
Torbreck (named after a forest in Scotland)
Shiraz/Viognier
Barrosa Valley
—Made from 120-160 year-old vines.
—Original winemaker/porprietor David Powell after working at Rockford Wines in 1994.
—RunRig is flagship wine; Descendent is their single vineyard Shiraz (made from cuttings of RunRig)
—Powell’s financial difficulties caused him to sell in 2002, reacquired in 2008 with help of American businessman, and left again in 2013. Departure has caused controversory over if Powell’s original style is still intact.
“The Laird”
Location?
Torbreck
Shiraz
Barossa
—A micro-production, single vineyard wine first released in 2005 with a price tag surpassing even “Grange”
—Irish for “Lord of the Manor”
—produced from one of the original Barossa Shiraz clones
“Hill of Grace”
Location?
Henschke
Shiraz
Eden Valley
—Vineyards first planted in 1862; wines first sold in 1868
—run by 5th generation winemaker Stephen Henschke and his wife Prue (herself a viticulturist); (4th generation Cyril Henschke considered a pioneer of varietal and single-vineyard wines)
—Hill and Grace (20 acres); Mount Edelstone (40 acres)
—wines aged in both used and new French and American oak hogshead for up to two years. Sees minimal racking, and are bottled unfined and unfiltered.
“Armagh”
Location?
Jim Barry
Shiraz
Top internationally recognized icon of Clare Valley.
