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Chris Hill Full Circle Old Vat Shiraz 2019 (12 x 750mL) Barossa Valley, SA

Description:

Big ripe fruit, high alcohol and heavily toasted oak, this is an old school Barossa Shiraz with full but mellow tannins and sweet spirit lift. It’s robust and rich with a well-balanced, caressing palate packed with flavour.

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  1. Chris Hill Full Circle Old Vat Shiraz 2019 (12 x 750mL) Barossa Valley, SA

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Big ripe fruit, high alcohol and heavily toasted oak, this is an old school Barossa Shiraz with full but mellow tannins and sweet spirit lift. It’s robust and rich with a well-balanced, caressing palate packed with flavour.

Region:
SA - Barossa
State:
South Australia
Country:
Australia

Winery Tasting Notes

Notes Image

Colour

First impressions are powerful. This wine is a vibrant deep in the glass with heavy alcohol legs clinging to the side.

Aroma

On pouring the first glass, the bouquet has sweet alcohol and berry fruit followed by toasty oak and earthy spices. It has a youthful intensity suggesting a big mouthful of flavour to follow.

Palate

On entry the palate delivers what the bouquet implied, big juicy berry fruit with licorice, tobacco and eucalyptus overtones. This is an assertive wine with plump, rounded tannins and spicy oak. It’s full flavoured without the aggressive edge and is well balanced and long on the finish. It has a mellow texture and chocolaty aftertaste. It’s a complex mix of youthful vibrancy and savoury maturity.

Food Matching

This is a big, generous Barossa Shiraz that’s easy to drink, I t think it goes with everything from a gourmet burger to haut cuisine. Just enjoy it with any of your favourite dishes but be aware of the high alcohol punch.

Cellaring Potential

Barossa Shiraz has a well-earned reputation for longevity. At only three and half years old, this wine will cellar for another decade.

Winery Profile

My first winemaking experience was harvesting grapes in the Barossa Valley during vintage 1981. Long hot days were spent hand picking bunches of sweet, sticky Riesling, Shiraz, Cabernet, Grenache and a host of other nearly forgotten varieties. At the end of each day after the last bins were tipped into the crusher, we’d meet at the weighbridge with Peter Lehmann for a bottomless glass of robust Shiraz and an inspired conversation about the new wines and vintage developments.

After three decades my day still ends with a nice glass or two of Shiraz or maybe Chardonnay but a lot has changed over that time. From a humble cellar hand plunging skins in open concrete fermenters during the 1980’s, to debating the appropriate cooperage for Hunter Shiraz with Len Evans in the 1990’s to the corporate boardrooms of giant multinationals in the 2000’s, I’m now back to making wine as an independent negociant.

Based in the heart of McLaren Vale, I’m surrounded by wonderful old vineyards and dozens of modern wineries run by talented winemakers. The joy of being a negociant winemaker is the flexibility to be able to source grapes and make wine anywhere throughout Australia. The benefit is an unlimited resource of varieties, regions, styles and skills to craft individual batches of unique wines without constraints.

My goal is to create genuine, honest wines that showcase flavour, vitality and life. Good wine should be accessible to all and be enjoyed as part of a healthy, active lifestyle with fine food, close friends and plenty of fun. I have many favourites but I believe variety is the spice of life and I enjoy discovering new flavours and stretching the boundaries of traditional winemaking.

From an old favourite to something exotic, tantalizing and new, I hope you enjoy the journey through my selection of classic Australian wines.

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Other Information

  • 2019 vintage
  • 12 x 750mL units
  • SA - Barossa, South Australia
  • Screwcap closure
  • 15% alc.

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