Wines Styles

Question 1

Coonawarra CS

Answer 1

Body: Med-Full
Alcohol: Medium
Tannins:High, Firm
A/F: concentrated dark fruit cassis-plum, mint/eucalyptus
Typically Oak matured-adds spice
Outstanding quality
Finest wines of Australia reds
Terra Rossa Soil

Sometimes blended with Shiraz

Question 2

Barrossa Valley Shiraz (60%)

Answer 2

Full bodied
High Alcohol
Tannins; High & Soft
A/F pronounced ripe black/often cooked / dried
W/age: spice / leather
Oak: American/ some recent change to French oak
Style change—earlier harvest and so, more acid—more fresh/elegant

Both styles can age —dev spice/leather/softer

—Can also blend wines from cooler parts of valley sides with warmer areas -increase freshness

Also, old vine Shiraz and Grenache (see separate card)

Question 3

Old Vine Barossa Grenache

Answer 3

Low yielding
Dry farmed
Bush vines
Outstanding and complex wines
Barossa Old Vine Charter : goal to preserve and promote