The Barossa Valley has a climate similar to Margaret River and Bordeaux. Barossa is famed for producing particularly fine Shiraz based wines from its rich brown soils. It also produces some beautifully rich and chocolatey Cabernet Sauvignons.
Tasting notes: Astonishingly low production in 2008 following difficult vintage conditions, but the Amon-Ra has successfully captured the intensity of fruit of this vintage, and retains its trademark elegance, finesse and balance.
Tasting notes: Nebbiolo in the Barossa? Yes, really. The long ripening period and cool nights are well suited to this variety, more usually seen in Piemonte. The violet, cherry and plum character is typically Nebbiolo, but the backbone is Barossa.
Tasting notes: This blend offers a complex nose of lime, fresh apricots, and citrus peel with lifted aromas of orange blossom and acacia flowers with nutmeg and toasted barrel nuances. A crisp, minerally white with flavours of ripe white stone fruits, citrus and grapefruit are enhanced from partial barrel fermentation in French oak hogsheads. Extended lees contact has further contributed to the mouth-feel and structure of this wine.
Tasting notes: The colour is rose petal pink with a panoply of red fruit flavours such as strawberries, cherries and leafy red and black currants. Fresh and vibrant with a crisp finish the fruit characters linger; tapered out with subtle tannins giving the wine enough body to complete this serious rose.
