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2017 Mystery Limited Release Heathcote Shiraz
2017 Mystery Limited Release Heathcote Shiraz
"A generous red with loads of black stone complexity"
Angus Hughson
"Good regional style"
Andrew Graham
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$16.99 (buy 6 or more)
$17.99 per single bottle
Love it or your money back*
On orders
over $300*
"A generous red with loads of black stone complexity"
Angus Hughson
"Good regional style"
Andrew Graham
Love it or your money back*
On orders Over $300*
No, we can't tell you what this wine is. But if you're looking for a very handy way to get in on some bargain Heathcote Shiraz look no further.
Praised by Ned Goodwin in Halliday's Wine Companion, this is hearty, yet polished, modern Heathcote Shiraz. Power, but cloaked well in a mid-weight form.
Expert Reviews
The wine is sophisticated and complex, showing lifted aromas of blackberry, dried cherry, smoked game, dried herb and cedar on the nose. It is beautifully fruited and soothing on the palate with ripe fruit intensity and rich savoury notes, well structured by fine, chalky tannins. A lovely refined offering with layers of fine texture and seductive flavours. At its best: now to 2024.
The sources for this wine, as with the Yarra cuvees, are farmed sustainably. Full-bodied yet far from buxom, this bridles the heady richness of shiraz across a cornucopia of black fruits, coffee, camphor and licorice, with reductive tension, 20% whole cluster edginess and a piste of vanillin oak.
Tech stuff
Light
Full
How's it taste?
Generous boysenberry, plum, wet clay aromatics and consistent palate. Fleshy, structured palate that effortlessly carries its fine, round tannins, alcohol and acidity which provide persistent length of palate.
How was it made?
Two clones. Unirrigated vines. 35% indigenous yeast and 20% whole bunch ferment. Hand plunged in open fermenters. 12 months maturation, including 2 months in 25% new French coopered American and Russian oak barriques.
Who made it?
Our Mystery Wineries are found right around the country, some of which you will know very well. Many of our Mystery Wines are already well known to wine buyers and sell for much higher prices under their own label. But winemakers need to eat, and when it comes time to find space for a new vintage, they naturally want to sell whatever they can quickly. Which is where we come in. What we do is agree to take a few cases of said wine in exchange for a better price (so we can sell it cheaper). The condition being that the wine can't be sold cheaper under it's original label, so they either come up with a new label just for us, or we agree not to advertise the original brand (hence the "Mystery"). The end result is the same wine, but at fantastic bargain prices! The ethos with these wines is simple: - The original wine must always be a bottled and labeled product (we'll never sell cleanskins). - Our Mystery Wines are all covered by our full money back guarantee, purely because we know the vino in the bottle is good quality. - We'll never sell below par, 'out of condition' wines. Ever. - The intention is for bargains. Same wine, hidden label, cheaper result.
Not quite what you’re looking for?
Angus Hughson
Chief Wine Guy
Let’s face it - we all have very different wine tastes and not every wine you find will be right for you right now. That’s why I’ve put together a little selection of my favourites - wines that I’d be very happy to enjoy this weekend which are guaranteed to hit the spot.
