Awards and Accolades

89 Points - Ray Jordan, The West Australian
"A decent bang for your buck here. Fleshy juicy shiraz with some appealing warm fruit characters. Slightly savoury with some blackcurrant and liquorice nuances. Ripe tannins show a little grip and the oak is supportive without being overpaid. Soft and generous with medium body.”

89 Points - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front
"This is another good release. Just what the doctor ordered. Blackberried fruit, a subtle shift of dark chocolate, a dusty / clovey note to close. It hits, impacts and satisfies. Goes without saying, it’s excellent buying"

Chris Shanahan, Goodfood.com.au
"Australia’s tradition of cross-regional blending gives our larger winemakers great flexibility to maximise wine quality at any given price point. In this instance, Angoves combine more powerful shiraz from generally lower yielding vines in McLaren Vale with simpler wine from higher yielding vineyards in the Riverland. A decent medium-bodied dry red with ripe, vibrant, varietal, a juicy mid-palate and soft, drink-now tannins.”

From the Winery

The grapes for this wine were sourced from the Angove family’s own vineyards and premium growers in the region. Spring rains allowed the vines to develop a healthy canopy, setting up the vintage. It was a relatively cool
growing season, the exception being a short heatwave in February. The red varieties ripened in a slow and steady manner, allowing to the fruit to develop bright stable colour, a fine tannin structure and excellent varietal aromatic flavour. The resulting wines are deep in colour, rich and varietal.

The grapes were picked at night to make sure that they were as cool as possible. Crushed to modern rotary fermenters the grapes were then allowed to macerate for 2 days before inoculation and fermentation. Pressed off skins 7 days later and allowed to go through the second malolactic fermentation. The wine has then had minimal handling prior to filtration for bottling on the Angove Family Estate.

Angove Family Winemakers is a proud South Australian wine company with a rich history dating back to 1886 when Dr William Thomas Angove arrived in the fledgling settlement from Cornwall, England with his wife and young family to establish a medical practice.