Winery Capercaillie - Shiraz

Winery Capercaillie Shiraz

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Shiraz of Winery Capercaillie 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 lot of tannins present in the mouth.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Shiraz from the Winery Capercaillie

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Shiraz of Winery Capercaillie in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Shiraz of Winery Capercaillie in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Capercaillie's Shiraz.

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

Discover the grape variety: Suffolk red

Interspecific crossing between the fredonia or early concord and the black monukka - the latter also being called russian seedless or black kischmish - obtained in 1935 by John Einset (1915/1981) at the Agricultural Experimental Station of the State of New-York (United States) ... practically unknown in France except for amateur gardeners, registered however in the Official Catalogue of the varieties of grapevine of table A2 list. Note that it has concord and isabelle as parents.

Last vintages of this wine

Shiraz - 2015
In the top 100 of of Hunter Valley wines
Average rating: 3.8 1 1 1 0.5 0
Shiraz - 2013
In the top 100 of of Hunter Valley wines
Average rating: 4 1 1 1 1 0

The best vintages of Shiraz from Winery Capercaillie are 2013, 2015

Informations about the Winery Capercaillie

The winery offers 40 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Hunter Valley in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud

The Winery Capercaillie is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 19 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 10000 of of Australia wines
In the top 600 of of Hunter Valley wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Hunter Valley

The Australia/nouvelle-galles sud/hunter-valley/hunter">Hunter Valley is unquestionably the best known and most highly prized wine region in New South Wales. 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 New South Wales 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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The word of the wine: Generic

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