Meerea Park
Winemaker, Rhys Eather is a Roseworthy (Adelaide University) graduate in Wine Science and has gained international winemaking experience in France and Italy. Spending the 1998 vintage at M. Chapoutier in the Rhone Valley gave Rhys the experience and insight required to craft top quality Rhone styled wines, which he openly admits as to having a great passion for. Rhys has also completed two vintages in Italy (Puglia and Piedmonte) rounding out his international winemaking experience.
Meerea Park, while taking a modern approach to winemaking, can trace their winemaking roots in the Hunter Valley back to the 1850's when Alexander Munro, the great-great-grandfather established the 'Bebeah' vineyard at Singleton and was at one stage the largest and most successful winemaker in New South Wales. During his winemaking career he amassed over 2000 awards at wine shows around the world.
Background: ‘Alexander Munro’ Shiraz is our flagship wine and made from the best parcel of shiraz fruit we receive each year.
Fruit Source: Situated in Pokolbin, the ‘Ivanhoe’ vineyard is the Shiraz source for this wine and has been consistently our best Shiraz fruit source since 2001. The vines have an average age of 40 years, with some much older and are dry-land grown.
Fermentation: Hand picked fruit, 30% with stems retained, was crushed into open vats and plunged twice daily to optimize flavour and tannin extraction. The wine was then lightly airbag pressed and transferred into French oak barriques of which 40% were new.
Maturation: After 20 months of maturation the wine was lightly egg white fined and then bottled with minimal filtration.
Tasting note: A bright crimson in the glass; a mix of red and black fruits, earth, spice and a hint of licorice on the nose. The palate is medium-bodied; lush and rich with blackberry and creamy oak but still savoury. This wine has an elegant long and balanced finish.
Cellaring estimate: This wine has all the characteristics that are required for long term cellaring.
Suggested food match: Red meat dishes and aged cheeses.
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