Tasting Notes
The colour has a brilliant deep ruby and violet tone. The wine is strongly fruit driven by lifted ripe plums, blackberry, black cherry and dark chocolate, this wine is also defined by the spiciness of nutmeg and clove spice with balanced dusty vanillin pod. The palate is of full to medium weight with a great intensity of sweet black cherry, plums; and with a softness that fills the palate which has extremely long flavours ending in soft and balanced tannins and a focused finish. This is an excellent example of the great intensity and elegance from the superb 2017 vintage.
Wine: Siblings Shiraz
Vintage: 2019
Varietal: 100%
Vinification
All of this fruit was fermented in open fermenters with 15 % being whole bunches to extend the fermentation time. Open fermenters were plunged and pumped over daily and the wine run to new, one, and two year old barrels for malolactic fermentation. This wine underwent malolactic in barrels and after six months the various components were blended and aged in barrels for a further eight months. After assemblage the wine was fined and readied for bottling.
LEEUWIN ESTATE
An iconic, boutique family-owned and operated producer, Leeuwin Estate was one of the five founding wineries of the famous Margaret River district in Western Australia. With its warm, gentle summers, mild winters, ample rainfalls, rich soils and consistent growing seasons, the Estate produces Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Shiraz, releasing its wines under Leeuwin Estate’s ‘Art Series’, ‘Prelude Vineyards’ and ‘Siblings’ labels.
Originally a cattle farm, Leeuwin Estate evolved, under the direction of Denis & Tricia Horgan, with Robert Mondavi acting as consultant and mentor. Leeuwin’s philosophy of adhering to excellence has earned the Estate an outstanding international reputation.
James Halliday has written, "Leeuwin Estate is a class act, every facet of its business working with the precision of a Swiss watch. It stands at the very forefront of estate-based, family owned wineries, its chardonnay widely regarded as Australia’s finest, ranking with the world’s best.”
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