Thomas Vineyard Estate Signature Reserve Shiraz McLaren Vale 2004 750mL

Awards:

Top 100 Blue-Gold Winner. 2007 Sydney International Wine Show

Gold Medal. 2006 Royal National Wine Show of Australia

Silver medal. Rated 13th best Shiraz – 2006 Visy Great Australian Shiraz Challenge

Gold medal. 2005 Commonwealth Bank McLaren Vale Wineshow

Silver medal. Rated 7th best Shiraz – 2007 Visy Great Australian Shiraz Challenge

Gold Medal/Outstanding Wine. 2007 Winewise Small Vigerons Awards

Bronze Medal. 2008 International Wine & Spirits Fair London

Silver medal. Best in Class 2010 International Wine & Spirits Competition London

"Highly recommended. The quality is immediately evident. Pure, deeply-seated, strong fruit drives the wine but it solidly backed by smooth, fine, tight tannins and fresh acid, the balance and construction are excellent. A beautiful expression of fruit that is very savoury on the up-take, mulberry, cherry, chocolate, a big grind of white pepper, with blackberry and coffee oak on the tail, it finishes long and dry.. " - Ric Einstein TORBwine 2006.

Tasting:

Appearance – Brilliant, deep blood red with purple hues

Nose – Ripe rich mulberry and pepper characters with a hint of chocolate. Elegant oak and tobacco notes.

Palate – Again intense mulberry fruit with ripe plum and sweet vanillin oak. A rich, luxuriant mouthfeel with concentrated fruit and grippy fine-grained tannins that balance the fruit. The integrated oak tannins persist through to complement the lingering fruit driven palate.

A big powerful wine that while young and lively now, will drink well, but will greatly improve with age.

The perfect accompaniment to all meat dishes!