Angers aus wine tasting apr 07
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Selected Wines d’Arenberg The Dry Dam Riesling 2005 Moss Wood Chardonnay 2004 Charles Melton Nine Popes 2004 Jim Barry McRae Shiraz 1998 d’Arenberg The Laughing Magpie 2002 Parker Terra Rossa First Growth 2003 De Bortoli Noble One 2000
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Presentation of some Australian wines reflecting their terroir of origin I gave at Ecole Supérieure d'Agriculture in Angers (France).
Transcript of Angers aus wine tasting apr 07
Selected Winesd’Arenberg The Dry Dam Riesling 2005Moss Wood Chardonnay 2004Charles Melton Nine Popes 2004Jim Barry McRae Shiraz 1998d’Arenberg The Laughing Magpie 2002Parker Terra Rossa First Growth 2003De Bortoli Noble One 2000
Dry Dam Riesling 2005McLaren Vale & cooler S. Fleurieu“d’Arenberg” (Chester Osborn)Soils moderate to poor, sandyClimate “warm – Mediterranean type”Mild weather in 2005
McLaren Vale
Moss Wood Chardonnay 2004Margaret River“Moss Wood”Yield 3 t/ha, Alc. 14%100% French OakOne of best vintagesMargaret River – maritime climateVineyards non-irrigatedSoils – gravelly sandy loams
Nine Popes 2004Barossa Valley“Charles Melton”“One of my favourite Barossa wineries”
(Robert M Parker Jr)Grenache / Shiraz / Mataro – GSMLots of old vineyardsModerately continental – hot summerSandy to clay loam & deep sandy soils
McRae Shiraz 1998Clare Valley“Jim Barry”Benchmark Clare ShirazMature, low yielding vines1998 variable, but best for ShirazModerately continental – warm summer; but
cool afternoon breeze slows ripeningSoils variable; substrate limestone
The Laughing Magpie 2002McLaren Vale, “d’Arenberg”Shiraz & ViognierA great vintageGentle crushing, open fermenters, basket
press12 months in American & French oak
barriques
Terra Rossa First Growth 2003Coonawarra“Parker Estate”Terra Rossa over limestoneClimate comparable to Bordeaux3.5 t / acre
Noble One 2000Riverina“De Bortoli”2000 good for Botrytis
SemillonFermentation in stainless
steelMaturation in 40% new
French oak, 48% older, 12% unoaked
2002 InternationalWine Show Japan
