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ProducerDalwhinnie
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Vintage1998
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Grape VarietyShiraz
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RegionAustralia
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Sub RegionPyrenees
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SizeBottle
Dalwhinnie is located near the small village of Moonambel in the heart of the Pyrenees region of Western Victoria, Australia and is a super premium producer of Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Chardonnay. After 40 years of growing grapes, the 16 hectare vineyard is now fully mature, producing true varietal fruit characters with great concentration of flavours.
At 595 metres above sea-level Dalwhinnie is the highest and most remote of the Pyrenees district vineyards. Surrounded and sheltered by the highest range, this unique bowl of vines is a world unto itself, located in a naturally undulating trough which falls away from the hills, forming an amphitheatre nestled into the ranges.
The fruit for the Eagle Series has been sourced from the small 1.2 hectare cellar door vineyard planted in 1977. The hilly, well drained soils and south easterly aspect produces some of the most stylish and complex fruit in the country. The fruit character is unique in that it displays a very interesting olive oil and bramble fruit characteristic, which is fascinating.
95 Points James Halliday
Medium red-purple; the bouquet is extremely aromatic and complex, with spicy, cedary carbonic characters flowing through to an equivalently complex palate which has an utterly different fruit register and an equally different silky/foresty tannin structure.