Heathcote Winery - The Wilkins Shiraz

Heathcote WineryThe Wilkins Shiraz

4.6
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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 world.
The The Wilkins Shiraz of Heathcote Winery is a red wine from the region of Heathcote of Victoria.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The The Wilkins Shiraz of the Heathcote Winery is in the top 70 of wines of Heathcote.

Taste structure of the The Wilkins Shiraz from the Heathcote Winery

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the The Wilkins Shiraz of Heathcote Winery in the region of Victoria is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Details and technical informations about Heathcote Winery's The Wilkins Shiraz.

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

Discover the grape variety: Baga

Most certainly Portuguese.

Last vintages of this wine

The Wilkins Shiraz - 2016
In the top 70 of of Heathcote wines
Average rating: 4.811110.5

The best vintages of The Wilkins Shiraz from Heathcote Winery are 2016

Informations about the Heathcote Winery

The winery offers 18 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Heathcote in the region of Victoria

The Heathcote Winery is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Heathcote to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Victoria
In the top 15000 of of Australia wines
In the top 75 of of Heathcote wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

The wine region of Heathcote

The wine region of Heathcote is located in the region of Central Victoria of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Wild Duck Creek Estate or the Domaine Wild Duck Creek Estate produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Heathcote are Cabernet franc, Malbec and Vermentino, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Heathcote often reveals types of flavors of cream, cigar or forest floor and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, pencil shavings or dried fruit.


The wine region of Victoria

Victoria is a relatively small but important Australian wine state. Located in the Southeastern corner of the continent, with a generally cool, ocean-influenced Climate, Victorian wine is remarkably diverse, producing all sorts of wines and styles in different climates. In all, the state covers almost 250,000 square kilometres (over 90,000 square miles) of land (almost the same Size as the US state of Texas), well under a quarter the size of its western neighbour, South Australia, and less than a third the size of New South Wales to the North. As such, Victoria's size - and to some extent, the state's viticultural history - can defy generalization.

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