Craiglee Shiraz 2012

Craiglee Shiraz 2012"Craiglee is a revered name among lovers of cool climate Australian shiraz, and rightly so." Campbell Mattinson Craiglee is a small family run vineyard located in Sunbury on the outskirts of Melbourne that was established in the 1860s. It is one of Australia's oldest and most respected vineyards and produces one of the country's finest cool climate shiraz. "There is an almost pinot like fragrance and delicacy to the bouquet of shimmering red fruits;

a little hazelnut and cedar

We tasted a screw-capped bottle alongside a cork-sealed bottle and there was little difference of real consequence

roasted coffee and mocha oak complexity

Hitler’s 'Eagle’s Nest' in the Bavarian Alps and after blowing their way through several armored steel doors they discovered a stash of over 500

Wolf Blass Wines founded Wolf Blass Wines International and Wolf Blass was born in an old shed on a hectare of land in the Barossa

Mosele realised that the Red Hill vineyard was not ideal for viticulture

"  James Halliday

"We’ve got to have this" were the collective words uttered by cousins Martin Shaw and Michael Hill Smith MW upon entry to the Tolpuddle Vineyard site in 2011

A long and late harvest was conducive to excellent flavour development (the second latest vintage for the last ten years)

As James Halliday noted: "It was Bailey Carrodus's clear wish and expectation that any purchaser would continue to manage the vineyard and winery

lots of aromas

In addition to the 19 hectares of vineyards they acquired from Rouge Homme