2002 Brokenwood Rayner Vineyard Shiraz Winery: Brokenwood Vintage: 2002 Region: McLaren Vale S A Bottle Size: 750ml Variety: Shiraz Price: $75.00 (out of stock)

Variety: Shiraz
Region: McLaren Vale - SA

Winemakers' Comments
The 1999 vintage of this wine was awarded the Best Red of Show and Best Rhone Red Shiraz/Grenache at the 2001 London International Wine Challenge. The judging, initiated by UK WINE Magazine in 1983, has grown to the extent where in 2001 just on 10,000 wines were judge by over 500 judges. Brokenwood couldn’t be more pleased with the results of all this effort. A terrific accolade that rewards not only a great McLaren Vale vineyard but also a great team at Brokenwood winery.

Vinification
Machine harvested, crushed and chilled to tanker in McLaren Vale. Vinomatic fermentation in the Hunter. Not overly rotated, as soft tannins are required. Oak maturation 80% American and 20% French. The latter mostly new and 1 year old. Bottled in October 2003.

Tasting Notes
Consistency best sums up this special vineyard and the 2002 wine is our 10th release. The initial feature is the dense black/dark red cherry colour. Maturation was in predominantly American oak (coopered in the Napa Valley) and the distinctive vanillin lift compliments the ripe dark berry and mocha chocolate aromas of McLaren Vale Shiraz. A full bodied mouthfeel. Good viscosity and long flavours of plum, vanillin and charry notes. An excellent finish and although these wines can be consumed in their youth, they do develop into rich, chocolate/earth McLaren Vale mature reds. The palate has strong ‘turkish delight’ characters balanced by subtle oak and grape tannins.

Food
Beef fillet and osso bucco.

Technical Data
Alcohol: 14.5% v/v | Acidity: 7.0 g/L | pH: 3.48 | Residual Sugar: Nil g/L