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1999 Punters Corner Spartacus Reserve Shiraz


Winery:Punters Corner
Vintage:1999
Region:Coonawarra
Bottle Size:750ml
Variety:Shiraz
Price: $90.00


This is the second Punters Corner Reserve Shiraz, representing the best small parcels of shiraz produced from Punters Corner Vineyards. Fruit for this wine was ‘hung out’ until late vintage when warm northerlies from Central Australia produced ideal conditions for completion of ripening. Picked at 13.7 baume the fruit was fermented for 5 days on skins then fermented in new AP Johns American Hogsheads and Seguin Moreau Russian barriques. Bottling was in December 2000.

 

Winner of the prestigious Jimmy Watson Trophy, this wine displays intense dark crimson colour with purple highlights. Typical Coonawarra cool climate aromas of blackberry fruits with aniseed, black pepper and Indian spices are present. The intense fruit is framed with fine mocha and chocolate oak with a touch of mint. Rich and dense on the palate the strong tannin backbone leads to a firm and structured finish.

Dense red-purple; the bouquet is crammed with rich and ripe blackberry, chocolate and vanilla aromatics, the palate mouthfilling, but showing exemplary handling of the total extract. Dark berry fruits and harmonious oak feature in an unusually supple wine. Rating 95 Drink 2010 Date Tasted Aug 01  James Halliday

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