Fox Creek Reserve Shiraz 2006

NOTES

It all began when a group of medicos decided to realise a lifelong passion - creating a wine from bare earth and sunshine. The earth was found at McLaren Vale, one of South Australia's premier wine regions, renowned worldwide for its Shiraz and other red wines. The sunshine was free. Between them and their families Fox Creek Wines was born and they could not have even guessed what a success their venture would be.

When Jim and Helen Watts bought the 32 hectare Fox Creek Vineyard property in 1984, they were advised against planting vines as the soils were heavy clay. The property had previously been used for growing barley and grazing sheep. Undeterred by the sceptics, they selected and planted fine quality cuttings and nurtured the young vines. Their labours bore fruit - extraordinary good quality fruit - that was lovingly converted into supreme quality wines. Under the skilled guidance of the winemakers, the wines came to life!

TASTING NOTES

Intense vibrant purple, black colour. Lifted complex aromas of spicy berry fruit, with smoky chocolate and savoury integrated oak complexity. A sweet, almost blackberry liqueur nose, liquorice anisey oak in the background. A thick rich entry with mulberry and milk chocolate flavours. Portlike concentration, the structure is thick and rich, with a solid concentrated juicy blackberry and mulberry flavoured profile, a well integrated full palate with generous length of flavour. A wine of great purity and unequivocally fine acidity, it finishes long and lingering.