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Barossa Shiraz 2005

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Producer:
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Peter Lehmann Wines
Country:
Australia (Австралия) 
Region:
Barossa Valley
Vintage:
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2005
Variety:
Shiraz (Сира (Shiraz))
Added by demiro
24 Jul 2008
Winemaker's notes:
Shiraz has had a long and glorious history in the Barossa where it has flourished uninterrupted since the 1840âрЙs. The Barossa blessedly escaped the scourge of phylloxera, and consequently many of the vineyards remain planted on their own roots, direct descendants of cuttings brought to Australia in the early 1800âрЙs from Hermitage in the Rhone Valley. This makes the Barossa the envy of the wine world.

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How to drink it
Food: Antipasto, Carpaccio (Beef), Couscous, Duck, Ham, Hamburger, Pasta with Tomato Sauce, Pates, Pheasant, Rabbit, Sausage, Spicy Mexican, Steak (Grilled, Broiled), Tuna, Venison
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Temperature: 16-18 °C
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Let's say a grape variety normally takes 120 days to ripen. In an especially hot year, it may ripen after only 110 days; in a cooler year, after 130 days. Viticulturists generally do want a long growing seasons. Long ripening allows components in the grape other that sugar - tannins, for example - ...
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