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2005 Giaconda ‘Warner Vineyard’ Shiraz

$160.00
  • Producer
    Giaconda
  • Vintage
    2005
  • Grape Variety
    Shiraz
  • Region
    Australia
  • Sub Region
    Beechworth
  • Size
    Bottle
SKU: GIAWV05EC1

Giaconda vineyard was established by Rick Kinzbrunner, a mechanical engineer who became interested in wine in the early 1970’s. Rick then spent the next ten years working in the industry, travelling and following his passion for wine. After a brief stint in New Zealand, he studied at Davis University in California and worked at some of the most respected wineries in the Napa and Sonoma Valleys (namely Stag’s Leap, Simi and Matanzas Creek). In Europe he worked for the Moueix group in Bordeaux, co-owner of the fabled Chateau Petrus.

After returning to Australia in 1980 to take up a position as assistant winemaker at Brown Brothers in Milawa, Rick purchased land in the nearby Beechworth wine region – at the foothills of the beautiful North-East Victorian Alps. Planting commenced in 1982 and the property is now devoted solely to Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Shiraz. A separate planting of Nebbiolo has also been established close to the Beechworth township at Red Hill. Total area under vines at the Giaconda Estate Vineyard is now 4 hectares. Annual wine production is approximately 2,500 dozen bottles.

Tasting Notes

94 Points James Halliday
Fine and focused black fruits; excellent length, finish and aftertaste.

97 Points Campbell Mattinson
I’ll bet the bank on this one. It’s got structure and class dripping from every pore. It’s a pretty wine but a big wine, and as a young wine, it also shows a deal of toasty, fragrant, strident oak. It doesn’t bother me. The fruit is spicy, very ripe, meaty and intense, with lots of soy, blood plums and ferrous, smoky, of-the-earth notes. Give it time ” it will reward. It’s going to be great. Drink: 2014-2024

2005 Giaconda ‘Warner Vineyard’ Shiraz