Winery Andrew Thomas - Individual Vineyard The Dam Block Shiraz

Winery Andrew ThomasIndividual Vineyard The Dam Block Shiraz

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Individual Vineyard The Dam Block Shiraz of Winery Andrew Thomas is a red wine from the region of Hunter Valley of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Individual Vineyard The Dam Block Shiraz from the Winery Andrew Thomas

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Individual Vineyard The Dam Block Shiraz of Winery Andrew Thomas in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Individual Vineyard The Dam Block Shiraz of Winery Andrew Thomas in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Andrew Thomas's Individual Vineyard The Dam Block Shiraz.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Chenin

Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.

Last vintages of this wine

Individual Vineyard The Dam Block Shiraz - 2018
In the top 100 of of Hunter Valley wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Individual Vineyard The Dam Block Shiraz - 2017
In the top 100 of of Hunter Valley wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Individual Vineyard The Dam Block Shiraz - 2016
In the top 100 of of Hunter Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110

The best vintages of Individual Vineyard The Dam Block Shiraz from Winery Andrew Thomas are 2016, 2018, 2017

Informations about the Winery Andrew Thomas

The winery offers 24 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Hunter Valley in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud

The Winery Andrew Thomas is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in the of Hunter Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Nouvelle-Galles du Sud
In the top 7000 of of Australia wines
In the top 450 of of Hunter Valley wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

The wine region of Hunter Valley

The Hunter Valley is unquestionably the best known and most highly prized wine region in NewSouthWales. Its most famous wine style is its distinctive Dry Semillon, while Shiraz, is also long-established. It is also regarded as a pioneer of Australian Chardonnay. Hunter Valley Semillon Semillon was first planted here in the 1830s.


The wine region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud

The NewSouthWales wine appellation is made up of 16 different regions and covers approximately 810,000 square kilometres (312,000 square miles). This is the Size of the state of New South Wales, one of the six that make up the federal Commonwealth of Australia. Although it is one of the smallest Australian states geographically, it has been the most populous since the first European settlements in the 18th century. The South East Australia GI area is the largest in Australia and can include any wine produced in New South Wales as well as Victoria, Tasmania and Parts of South Australia.

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