AUSTRALIAN
BACKGROUND
Australia began making wine over 200 years ago and becoming one of the top six wine producers in the world. Admiral Arthur Philip brought vines from England and after few attempts at wine making managed to successfully cultivate vines. Due to the influence of the Germans settlers in the Barossa Valley the focus of winemakers went into the production of Riesling, the hot climate contributed to early grape ripeness, with high levels of sugar and low levels of acidity having a high alcoholic wine. In 1986 the demand for Australian wine grew at unprecedented levels giving to winemakers the opportunity to focus on the on the quality and structure of their wines, this combined with tremendous marketing effort has firmly placed Australian among the great New World wine producer.
CABERNET SAUVIGNON - ABV - 14.5%
PENFOLDS - BIN 407
In 1844 Dr Christopher and Mary Penfold established Penfolds winery. In 1907 Penfolds became the largest winery in South Australia under the management of Mary’s daughter Georgina. Was 1951 when Shiraz Penfolds Grange was released to the market. Despite the remarkable success penfolds never stopped to be innovative, in 2012 were released 12 handcrafted ampoules of the rare 2004 2004 Kalimna Block Cabernet Sauvignon and due to the number of bottles produces the value has increased drastically.
Shiraz - ABV - 15.5%
TORBRECK - 'The Laird'
Torbreck was founded in 1994 with the ambition to create one of the greatest wines in the world by using this incredible grape, Shiraz. The first vintage released is 2005, the grapes are handpicked in two separate moment and transported immediately to the winery after the fermentation the wine goes into new French oak barriques for 36 months. After 36 months the wine is bottled without using filtration methods and left for further 24 months before released, the beauty is that The Laird is produced only when the vintage is exceptional.
