Winery Buckshot - The Square Peg Zinfandel

Winery BuckshotThe Square Peg Zinfandel

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The The Square Peg Zinfandel of Winery Buckshot is a red wine from the region of Heathcote of Victoria.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or goat cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with spices taste

eucalyptus

On the nose the The Square Peg Zinfandel of Winery Buckshot in the region of Victoria 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 Buckshot's The Square Peg Zinfandel.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel

From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.

Last vintages of this wine

The Square Peg Zinfandel - 2017
In the top 100 of of Heathcote wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
The Square Peg Zinfandel - 2015
In the top 100 of of Heathcote wines
Average rating: 3.911110
The Square Peg Zinfandel - 2014
In the top 100 of of Heathcote wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50

The best vintages of The Square Peg Zinfandel from Winery Buckshot are 2015, 2017, 2014

Informations about the Winery Buckshot

The winery offers 3 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Heathcote in the region of Victoria

The Winery Buckshot is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 3 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 250 of of Heathcote wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 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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