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Chris Hill Premier Select Shiraz 2021 (12x 750mL), McLaren Vale

Description:

The flavours are generous and rich. The tannins are smooth and fine-grained making this a Shiraz for every occasion. It has warm rustic charm, great length and a complex, savoury fruit and oak balance. Vintage 2021 is highly regarded as an exceptional year and I’ve made this wine to be a rewarding experience whenever you get to enjoy it.

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  1. Chris Hill Premier Select Shiraz 2021 (12x 750mL), McLaren Vale

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The flavours are generous and rich. The tannins are smooth and fine-grained making this a Shiraz for every occasion. It has warm rustic charm, great length and a complex, savoury fruit and oak balance. Vintage 2021 is highly regarded as an exceptional year and I’ve made this wine to be a rewarding experience whenever you get to enjoy it.

Region:
SA - McLaren Vale
State:
South Australia
Country:
Australia

Winery Tasting Notes

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Colour

The colour is vibrant deep plum red with bright garnet edges.

Aroma

The bouquet jumps out of the glass with ripe blackberry, plums and dark cherry fruit, supported by lovely new American oak. The aroma is sweet and rich with earthy spices and hints of toffee and caramel delivering added complexity.

Palate

The initial palate opens with leafy green herbs, fennel and anise spice. As the glass warms up to room temperature it shows ripe berry fruit and hints of vanilla and rosewater. On the second taste there’s clean new oak, earthy herbs, licorice and olive tapenade. The alcohol lift gives warmth on the middle palate and the tannins are smooth and fine giving a clean rich mouth feel that flows through to the finish. This is a generous, enjoyable wine with depth and longevity.

Food Matching

This McLaren Vale Shiraz is at home with slow roast lamb or duck risotto. The fine tannins highlight the soft textural flavours while the bright fruit characters give a lift and cleanse the palate for the next bite. The background of earthy herbs also supports tasty grilled veggies and marinated lamb rack or lean, well-seasoned cutlets

Cellaring Potential

This is a medium to full bodied wine with four years cellar maturation before bottling in June 2025 and still showing a youthful personality. It will cellar under screw cap for another 5 – 10 years and continue to mature. As this wine matures in bottle it will develop a light crust, so decanting is recommended with age.

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

  • 2021 vintage
  • 12 x 750mL units
  • SA - McLaren Vale, South Australia
  • Screwcap closure
  • 14.5% alc.

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