Winery Balgownie Estate - Old Vine Shiraz

Winery Balgownie EstateOld Vine Shiraz

4.5
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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 Old Vine Shiraz of Winery Balgownie Estate is a red wine from the region of Bendigo of Victoria.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Old Vine Shiraz of the Winery Balgownie Estate is in the top 5 of wines of Bendigo.

Taste structure of the Old Vine Shiraz from the Winery Balgownie Estate

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Old Vine Shiraz of Winery Balgownie Estate in the region of Victoria is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Old Vine Shiraz of Winery Balgownie Estate in the region of Victoria often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Balgownie Estate's Old Vine Shiraz.

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

Discover the grape variety: Ribolla gialla

A very old grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time in Italy, more precisely in the Friuli region. It can also be found in Slovenia, Greece (island of Cephalonia), in the United States (California), ... and it should not be confused with the robola or rombola aspri cultivated in Greece (Ionian islands).

Last vintages of this wine

Old Vine Shiraz - 2014
In the top 5 of of Bendigo wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Old Vine Shiraz - 2013
In the top 5 of of Bendigo wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Old Vine Shiraz - 2009
In the top 5 of of Bendigo wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Old Vine Shiraz - 2008
In the top 5 of of Bendigo wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Old Vine Shiraz - 0
In the top 5 of of Bendigo wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5

The best vintages of Old Vine Shiraz from Winery Balgownie Estate are 2013, 2009, 2008, 0 and 2014.

Informations about the Winery Balgownie Estate

The winery offers 38 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Bendigo in the region of Victoria

The Winery Balgownie Estate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 37 wines for sale in the of Bendigo to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Victoria
In the top 1500 of of Australia wines
In the top 3 of of Bendigo wines
In the top 30000 of red wines
In the top 50000 wines of the world

The wine region of Bendigo

The wine region of Bendigo is located in the region of Central Victoria of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Black Jack or the Domaine Black Jack produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bendigo are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Viognier and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bendigo often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red 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.

The word of the wine: Reasoned (agriculture)

Conventional agriculture but concerned with limiting synthetic treatments as much as possible.

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