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The Home Block Petit Verdot is a product of the specialness of the terrior of the rolling hills surrounding the township of Rowland Flat. The wine is specific to the area and shows the vintage variations of location specific wines.

The longer Australian summers allow the variety to achieve a ripeness not usually achievable in many other countries. This fullness of ripening allows the grapes to produce flavours that make this wine a truly sensory experience. The wine is aged for around twelve months in Hungarian and French oak hogsheads and shows a style with distinctive aromatic bouquet, deep rich colour and subtlety of flavour which lingers on the after palate.

A multiple medal winner, Winestate Magazine's 'Best of Variety', Decanter Magazine Wine of the Month Award Winner and Wine Traveller Top 100 Release Award, this wine is something special from the Barossa.

The Petit Verdot is traditionally close to the last of the Red varieties picked in the Barossa. The variety in Australia produces a style unlike any made in other places of the world due to the ability to enjoy a long ripening period and to fully develop the concentration of flavors unique to this variety. The 2004 vintage was one of a long hot summer days which allowed the Petit Verdot to really concentrate the flavors of this now outstanding Barossa Style... James Halliday in his 2007 Australian Wine Companion wrote ‘The variety is definitely suited to the Barossa Valley’. The grapes were picked mid April and had a lengthy fermentation on skins to enhance the distinctive aromatic bouquet, deep rich color and subtlety of lingering palate flavors. The wine was then aged in Hungarian and French oak Hogsheads for 12 months prior to bottling and will cellar for many years to come.

THE VINEYARD

The wines of '1847' are produced from grapes grown in vineyards located in and adjacent to the Rowland Flat Township.The soils of the area are of mainly Terra Rossa which comprises red brown sandy loams mostly overlaying a limestone base. The Township is approx 190 m above sea level, about 40km inland from the coast with an average rainfall of about 500 - 550 mm. The Petit Verdot grapes are grown on our Rowland Flat vineyards with various shaded and full sun locations to allow for a balance in style and maturity. This reflects in this emerging Barossa Classic.

TASTING NOTES

Deep rich color, plenty of inky dark fruits with good structure, ripe tannins and controlled use of French and Hungarian Oak. This classic French variety has produced a truly unique Barossa wine of strength and character. The deep color belies the complexity of fruit and floral scents and flavors to be experienced with the enjoyment of this wine. Alc 13.8%

AWARDS / REVIEWS

94 Points / 5 stars James Halliday Wine Companion 2007. Best of the Best James Halliday Wine Companion 2007. 91 Points Huon Hooke Sydney Morning Herald ‘Top Aussie Red’ Jan ’07. Tri Nations Challenge 2006. Huon Hooke Gourmet Wine Traveler Top 100 2007.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Region : Barossa Valley, South Australia.
Variety : Petit Verdot
Sugar at picking: 13.9 Beaume
Closure : Cork
Alcohol : 13.8%
pH : 3.48
Titratable Acidity : 7.15
Reducing Sugar : 2.3
Bottle Barcode : 9333410000027

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2004 Petit Verdot

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