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Short Row Shiraz

A highly awarded and very popular wine first produced in 1999. It has a rich and powerful aroma and palate of blackberries, toast and sweet fruit. The wine is well balanced with fresh rich fruit, soft tannins, has a long dry finish and is suitable for mid-term cellaring. A classic McLaren Vale Shiraz which benefits from a period of decanting.

Vintages:

Fox Creek 2006 Short Row Shiraz

appearance
Vibrant satsuma red.

bouquet
Lifted redskin fruit, baked custard and cloves.

palate
Sweet juicy entry with a solid mid palate of cherry and strawberry fruit complexity, texture and length. A solid gutsy style with vanilla bean and candyfloss oak complexity and brooding fruits.

winemaking
This wine is made from intense gutsy Shiraz fruit from our best McLaren Vale vineyard blocks. The fruit was fermented on skins for 9 - 10 days in open fermenters prior to pressing, with 80% of the wine undergoing barrel fermentation. Maturation was in varying proportions of new and one year old French and American oak barrels for 20 months. The components are selected for blending based on fruit intensity, richness, structure and integration of oak.

technical analysis

Alcohol
14.5%

ageing potential
Drink between 2007 and 2011

awards
Gold Medal, Sydney Royal Wine Show 2008
Silver Medal, Hong Kong International Wine & Spirit Competition 2009
Silver Medal, International Wine Challenge 2008
Silver Medal, International Wine & Spirit Competition 2008
Silver Medal, Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2008
Silver Medal, Royal Queensland Wine Show 2008
Silver Medal, Royal Queensland Wine Show 2007
Silver Medal, Perth Royal Wine Show 2008
Bronze Medal, Wine & Spirits Asia Challenge 2008
Bronze Medal, McLaren Vale Wine Show 2008
Bronze Medal, Great Shiraz Challenge 2008
Bronze Medal, Royal Hobart Wine Show 2008
Commended, Decanter World Wine Awards 2008
4 stars Winestate Shiraz & Shiraz Blends, September/October 2008

viticulturist
Nick Wiltshire

winemakers
Chris Dix & Scott Zrna