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NOTES
The Heathcote Wine Region has developed a reputation for producing some of the best Shiraz in Australia. Certainly, this reputation is well deserved, and a tasting of a range of wines from across the region certainly proves it.
The secret is in the fantastically ancient soils of the region. The Mount Camel Range, on which Mount Burrumboot is located, is a range of hills running north to south, and characterised by the brilliantly coloured red Pre-Cambrian soil - some of the oldest soils in Australia. It is these soils that chiefly contribute to the terroir of the region. The climate, warm in summer but cool in winter, the east facing aspect of Mount Burrumboot Estate, and the prevailing conditions, make the Mount Camel Range the optimum area to grow wine grapes, as shown by the amount of development by large wine companies along the Range near Colbinabbin, our local town.
Mount Burrumboot Estate was born in 1999, when Andrew and Cathy Branson planted vines on the Home Block of the Branson family farm, “Donore”, on the slopes of Mount Burrumboot, on the Mount Camel Range, above Colbinabbin. Originally the vineyard was just another diversification of an already diverse farming enterprise of cereals, prime lambs and irrigated clover hay. However, the wine bug soon bit Andrew and Cathy, and so a winery was established.
TASTING NOTES
A spicy, mysterious Spaniard, with layers of complexity behind a smoky veil. A sexy, inky wine, intense maroon in colour, and with a complex nose showing black cherries, some mint characters, chocolate and fruitcake spice. Well balanced with black fruits, plum, coconut and cloves, and firm, persistant tannins.
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