Region: Barossa Valley, South Australia. Vineyard: The grapes for Three Bridges Shiraz are from a blend of the family's and growers fruit. Vineyard sources stretch from Nuriootpa, to Vine Vale, through to Stockwell, Barossa Valley. Soil types range from sand over clay to deep uniform to gradational soil and hard red brown soil.
Bouquet: Aromas include red berries, plums and black cherry fruits, with mocha and spicy oak aromas.
Palate: Rich palate of ripe plums and black fruits, intertwined with spicy french oak tannins, providing length and powerful structure
Suggested Cuisine: Ideal accompaniment to grass fed rib-eye with pan seared forest mushrooms
Winemaking: "The fruit is harvested from low-yielding, 40 - 50 year old vines. Bill Calabria oversees all harvesting of fruit in the Barossa Valley. Transported to Calabria wines in the Riverina and immediately the fruit is de-stemmed on-site, carefully leaving most berries intact. Fermented in open top concrete 10 tonne fermenters, thoroughly plunged twice each day throughout a slow fermentation lasting 7 – 8 days. Pressed to stainless storage, where the wine completes primary and malo-lactic fermentation. Racked and transferred to 100% French oak Hogsheads, to mature for 12 months. A wine with a familiar Barossa fruit profile, modernised with an elegant European direction." - Emma Norbiato, Chief Winemaker Season:
Cellaring: A fine example of Australian Shiraz that will cellar comfortable for 7 to 10 years.
