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NOTES
In 1999 Darren and Suz Westlake were given the privilege to manage land that had been in the Kalleske family for 3 generations in the Moppa region of the Barossa by Suz’s parents, John and Barb Kalleske. It is a small family owned business and quality will not be compromised for quantity on demand. With 75 acres of vineyards, it gives them the luxury of being able to choose the best parcels of fruit for their own label. Cropping levels are brutally low at around 1.5 tonnes to the acre. Their aim at Westlake is to produce wines of concentrated and complex flavours, that are balanced, full bodied and persistent, with the ability to develop further complexities and age gracefully. All the fruit for the wines are estate grown and are produced using traditional methods and new ideas. All the wines are fermented in open top fermenters, basket pressed, undergo malolactic fermentation, are matured in new and old oak and are bottled without filtering or fining.
TASTING NOTES
This is a beautiful Barossan shiraz. It's in very small quantity (150 dozen) and is both unfined and unfiltered. It smells heady with rich, ripe blackberry and toast, the taste of it then an exact match to the nose. What I really like is that as well as a good thump of ripe, rich flavour it also has exemplary tannin structure and an excellent, pure, fruit-filled finish. This is better than many Barossan shiraz wines asking two and three times the price here. By Campbell Mattinson
REVIEWS
An immaculately balanced wine with a flood of seductive black fruits, dark chocolate, ripe tannins and oak all effortlessly combining on the palate. High quality cork. Cork. Drink to 2021.94 Points James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2010
Big, rich, brooding porty nose with spices and white pepper. Warming alcohol on the palate, balanced by fruit sweetness with good levels of oak. Long finish. Winestate Magazine, March/April 2009 Issue
Solid wine in the ripe barossa tradition. Good glossy red and black fruit with a good dollop of choc. Some black pepper lurking as well and a decent, though fairly warm, length. Looks - Dark, black colour with a hint of red and full bodied. Smells - Ripe glossy fruit. – Wine Without Wank, June 2009
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