Take a look at all the bling on the front label. You won't find that much in a hip-hop film clip! This Estate Red from Victorias Pyrenees is a prime example of good blending. Made from a combination of Cab Sav, Shiraz, Malbec, and Merlot matured for twenty months, the result is nothing short of bloody astounding. The noise is big, in a luxe perfumed way with red berry fruit, moist earth and polished cedar oak notes leading into the palate. Flavours of Mulberry fruit up front are complimented by fresh mint, mushrooms, and finely built tannins. With a nod to classic Bordeaux styles the finish is lingering with hints of fresh berries and green leaves left behind.
ACCOLADES AND AWARDS:
Top Gold - Best bordeaux Blend in Show Trophy Royal Queensland Wine Show 2014
James Halliday, the Australian Wine Companion: 95 A 68/22/8/2% blend of cabernet, merlot, malbec and shiraz matured for 20 months in French and American barriques (15% new). Trophy Qld Wine Show '14, gold medal Melbourne Wine Show '14. Does have some studied elegance, and is fruit (not oak) driven. Moreover, the show record of two successes is very different to one. So, I'll take the glass half full route.
FROM THE WINERY: Blue Pyrenees Estate (then known as Château Remy) was among the modern Australian wine industry’s first ventures into cool climate viticulture. The Pyrenees (1392 heat degree days) is only marginally warmer than Coonawarra a key reference for cool climate viticulture in this country. The breathtaking lake on our Estate, inadvertently formed during the gold-rush when a gold mining dredge struck a subterranean stream and flooded the valley, provides a valuable supplementary water resource for the Estate when required, especially in dry seasons. However, our vines receive minimal irrigation water. Some of them are dry-grown in keeping with the philosophy of Vincent Gere (our French chief winemaker from 1987 to 1996) who once quipped “We are not growing tomatoes”.
