Best's Great Western Thomson Family Shiraz 2001 (1500ml)

Best's Great Western Thomson Family Shiraz 2001 (1500ml)Best's Thompson Family Shiraz is one of the truly great wines of the world. The wine is made predominantly from fruit off fifteen rows of pre phylloxera vines planted by Henry Best in 1868. These rows that comprise the Thomson Family block are the oldest Shiraz vines in the historic Concongella Vineyard. Today the shiraz clone is referred to by the CSIRO as the Concongella clone or the Best's Old Block clone and it is the mother clone of all

It is situated in Northern Tasmania overlooking the waters of the Tamar River

With the high density planting

Maybe it is something I have learned from Dom Pérignon

A handful of visionaries began to revive the industry and amongst them were Bertel and Anne Sundstrup who established Dalrymple Vineyards in 1987

yet firm tannins

studied in Paris and trained in Bordeaux

Jock Harvey and Dim Georgiadis

Gold Medal 2003 Royal Adelaide Wine Show

presented and harmonious wine of perfume and strength

the bouquet has rich

2009 and 2008

It's the contentment across the palate and the astonishingly fine and pure tannins that really set this apart