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Chris Hill Reserve The Eminent Shiraz 2019 (12x 750mL) Barossa

Description:

The Eminent status is the highest celebration of quality, prestige and provenance within my “Reserve” collection. Small batch winemaking, premium oak maturation and meticulous selection have produced a sophisticated, luxurious expression of Shiraz. It’s full flavoured with robust characters, worthy of a grand banquet or special occasion. This is only the second wine in my career to achieve The Eminent honour.

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  1. Chris Hill Reserve The Eminent Shiraz 2019 (12x 750mL) Barossa

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The Eminent status is the highest celebration of quality, prestige and provenance within my “Reserve” collection. Small batch winemaking, premium oak maturation and meticulous selection have produced a sophisticated, luxurious expression of Shiraz. It’s full flavoured with robust characters, worthy of a grand banquet or special occasion. This is only the second wine in my career to achieve The Eminent honour.

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

Winery Tasting Notes

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Colour

The colour is an intense deep inky red with burgundy hues and long alcohol legs coating the sides of the glass.

Aroma

The bouquet is luxurious with heady spirit jumping out of the glass. It’s typical Barossa, luscious dried fruits with vanilla spice, charred oak, earthy herbs and perfumed petals. The aroma lingers and grows in the glass as the wine warms to room temperature revealing ground roasted coffee, licorice and eucalyptus. Allow time to breathe and embrace the multi-layered sophistication.

Palate

The first impressions on the palate are of dried currants and earthy spices with medicinal herbs and a hint of eucalyptus. The mouth-feel is rich and powerful but the overall experience is smooth, velvety and long lasting with sensual tannins giving structure and length. The sweet alcohol and charred oak support the savoury flavours of roasted coffee beans and smoked charcuterie that evolve as the wine warms on the tongue. The finish is delicious and goes on until the next sip.

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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