Bindi Dhillon Col Mountain Shiraz 2016

Bindi Dhillon Col Mountain Shiraz 2016The Dhillon label is reserved for small parcels of high quality wines sourced from small vineyards outside of Bindi's original Macedon property. This delicious Heathcote shiraz comes from Col Mountain in the cool Mt Camel ranges. The vineyard, owned by Bernadette and Colin Neate, grows beautifully structured and complex shiraz fruit that produces particularly age worthy wine. Each vintage significantly benefits from five years bottle maturation before

spicy small red fruits

There is a tight core of fruit and excellent length of flavour

while it ensures good extraction of colour and flavour

A wine for the cellar and one of the best of these in recent years

This was the first vineyard planted in the area and the 8 acres were planted as a trial to establish the suitability of the area for producing premium quality wine

In 2018 he travelled to Spain and Italy to attend the International Terroir Congress in Zaragoza and explore the beauty of Mt Etna and diversity of its wine growing areas

"I had an offer from Kaiser Stuhl or The Barossa Valley Co-operative

but will match food like all-too-few others

One thing is certain: as we moved into the younger vintages

"2011 was of course a difficult

The text below is taken from an article by Huon Hooke that appeared in The Real Review

"Distinguished