Blue Reef Labels
 2007
Shiraz Cabernet
The Blue Reef wine range is a newly formed brand
from McPherson Wines committed to helping the ZooX Fund, an organisation
specifically dedicated to funding research into the effects of
climate change on the Great Barrier Reef.
Varieties: 70% Shiraz 30% Cabernet
Alcohol: 14.5%
Total
Acidity: 6.23 g/L
The conditions in 2007 were extremely dry with vintage starting two
weeks earlier that expected and finishing a month earlier than
usual, this being the quickest vintage in our history. As a result,
yields were down approximately 30% in our Central Victorian vineyards
but the quality was of an extremely high standard. Due to the lack
of water, berries were smaller and bunch weights were lower but
this has seen an increase in colour and flavour intensity across
the board. This season was definitely about quality rather than
quantity.
A powerhouse of a wine, bursting with ripe fruit flavours such as
spicy dark plums, blackberries, black olives and mint. A tight
palate structure reveals more of the same, but with the addition
of some lovely, cedary oak and some fine, dusty tannins, resulting
in a medium weight, wellbalanced wine.
2008 - 2011
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