Shiraz
For information regarding previous vintages please contact the winery on info@foresterestate.com.au
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2013 Shiraz
RRP: $23.99
Online Price: $20.40 per bottle
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Tasting Notes
| Vintage |
2013 |
| Vintage | 98% Shiraz, 2% Alicante Bouschet |
| Oak maturation | Portions of old and new French oak for 16 months |
| Alcohol | 14% Alc/Vol |
| Release date | September 2015 |
| Colour |
Medium – deep red with red – purple hue. |
| Aroma |
Rich with fragrant ripe fruit of boysenberry, plum, chocolate and aniseed. There is integrated toasty oak along with black pepper, dried herbs and spice. |
| Palate | Rich and full with a textured palate and silky tannins. There are characters of plum, cocoa, aniseed, boysenberry and toasty oak. |
| Food matches | Traditional Australian BBQ or veal scallopini with sage. |
| Peak drinking | A most attractive and approachable style to enjoy at a young age. Drink now. |
Awards & Achievements
James Halliday Wine Companion
2011 Shiraz 94 Points
2010 Shiraz 91 Points
2009 Shiraz 89 Points
2008 Shiraz 89 Points
2007 Shiraz 89 Points
2005 Shiraz 89 Points
2004 Shiraz 93 Points
2003 Shiraz 90 Points
2002 Shiraz 93 Points
2001 Shiraz 87 Points
2012 Shiraz
Silver Medal – 2014 Visy Great Australian Shiraz Challenge
Silver Medal – Australian Small Winemakers Show 2014
Silver Medal – Perth Royal Wine Show 2014
2011 Shiraz
93 Points – Wine Showcase Magazine New Releases Tasting April 2014
“Lots of shiraz fruit aromas. Excellent subtle use of oak with good concentration of fleshy blackcurrant and mulberry flavours for the palate.”
90 Points – Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, May 2014
“Full-on attack of eucalypt to both the nose and palate, enough to clear the head, with mellow fruit resting in behind. Eucalypt-aside it’s an attractive, easy-to-enjoy drink. Well ripened. Well flavoured. Not overdone. Velvety tannin through the finish gives it both a tidiness and a sense of completeness.”
2010 Shiraz
Gold Medal – Australian Small Winemakers Show 2013
91 Points – James Halliday Wine Companion 2015
“Fermented with header boards in small open pots for 10 days, 50% taken to French barriques (part new) for completion of primary ferment, mlf and then 24 months maturation, the other 50% kept in closed tanks. The result is a youthful wine with fresh red fruits, but enough textural complexity to provide a complete wine. Drink by 2020.”
Silver Medal – Royal Sydney Wine Show 2013
Bronze Medal – National Wine Show of Australia 2013
Bronze Medal – Royal Melbourne Wine Awards 2013
Bronze Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2012
Bronze Medal – Adelaide Wine Show 2013
90 Points – Wine Showcase Magazine August 2013
2009 Shiraz
Silver Medal – Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2012
Bronze Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2012
Bronze Medal – Australian Small Wine Makers Show 2012
Bronze Medal – Cowra Wine Show 2012
Bronze Medal – Royal Perth Wine Show 2012
2008 Shiraz
Bronze Medal – Cowra Wine Show 2011
Bronze Medal – Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2011
2007 Shiraz
Silver Medal – International Wine & Spirit Comp 2009
Bronze Medal – National Wine Show of Australia 2010
Bronze Medal – Perth Royal Wine Show 2009
Bronze Medal – Australian Small Winemakers Show 2009
Bronze Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA 2009
90/100 – Campbell Mattison, The Wine Front
3 stars, Winestate Magazine New Release Tasting 2010
2006 Shiraz
Bronze Medal – Scoop Magazine Autumn 2010
Bronze Medal – Scoop Magazine Winter 2009
2005 Shiraz
Silver Medal – Cowra Wine Show 2008
Silver Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2008
Silver Medal – Rutherglen Wine Show 2008
Bronze Medal – Margaret River Wine Show 2007
Bronze Medal – Qantas Wine Show of WA 2008
2004 Shiraz
Bronze Medal – Perth Royal Wine Show 2006
2003 Shiraz
Bronze Medal – Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2004
90/100,Tim White: Australian Financial Review August 05
2002 Shiraz
Bronze Medal – Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2004
Bronze Medal – Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2003
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2012 Shiraz
$20.40 per bottle
$244.80 per case (12)
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Winemaker Comments
Viticulture
Sourced from neighbouring properties in the northern sub-region of Margaret River (Yallingup). Meticulous management of bud numbers and shoot thinning ensured a balanced canopy for the crop to be ripened. Particular attention is paid to sourcing fruit from the well regarded gravelly soils of northern Margaret River. The 2013 vintage was a slightly warmer growing season in Margaret River.
A few red varieties were harvested with slightly higher sugar levels, as we waited for the tannins to reach full maturity.
Winemaking
Each parcel of fruit was gently crushed into small open fermenters with
traditional heading down boards where fermentation was carried out under
strictly controlled temperature conditions. Gentle extraction (a Forester Estate
style) was achieved by daily draining of wine away from skins and returning
back over the top. The wine was pressed to tank after 10 days on skins where
50% was sent to new and older french barriques to complete the primary and
malo-lactic ferment.
Storage / Bottling
Maturation in tank and barrel lasted 20 months before the wine was carefully
blended and bottled. Sealed under screw cap to retain freshness in a burgundy
bottle.