ThistledownSilkenBeastieShiraz

Thistledown Silken Beastie Shiraz is full of raspberries, vanilla & mint with creamy silky palate. Mouthwatering National delivery

Intro to Thistledown Silken Beastie Shiraz �/h2>

Thistledown Silken Beastie Shiraz is full of raspberries, vanilla and mint on a full-bodied, creamy palate framed by silky tannins. It’s mouthwatering and long on the finish.

Full tasting note and wine making �/h2>

Thistledown Silken Beastie Shiraz is a complex and concentrated yet pleasingly light wine that is full of many ripe berries and fruits with creamy eucalypt, mint and vanilla. Free your mind from stereotypes of the past of big rich heady Shiraz wines and be willing to give things another go and imagine the beauty and subtlety that can be borne of an otherwise hostile environment. It’s taken a second attempt before they were convinced that they had captured the real beauty of the Barossa.

Drawing on fruit from Ebenezer, Kalimna and Koonunga regions of north west Barossa, fruit was characteristically picked on the way up rather than the way down with a proportion hand picked and retained as whole bunches in the ferment. The remaining fruit was gently destemmed to leave whole berries before a native yeast ferment with twice daily hand plunges to aid gentle extraction. Each component part was aged separately for six months prior to blending and then a further twelve months in 300l French oak, of which 30% was new. The wine was then bottled unfined and unfiltered

The producer �/h2>

Ever since historic Scots, James Busby and John MacArthur founded the Australian wine industry in the early 19th century, the relationship between Scotland and Australia has been an enduring one.

Guardians of a long history, Thistledown Wine Co. continues the tradition of Scottish ingenuity and great Australian wine. From their small-batch winery in the idyllic Adelaide Hills, they work with pristine fruit sourced from iconic vineyard sites.

Drink with �/h2>

This Shiraz is a great wine to match with North African and Middle eastern cuisine or robust fish dishes.