Winery De Bortoli - DB Family Reserve Shiraz

Winery De BortoliDB Family Reserve Shiraz

3.5
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The DB Family Reserve Shiraz of Winery De Bortoli is a red wine from the region of Australie du Sud-Est.
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 DB Family Reserve Shiraz from the Winery De Bortoli

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the DB Family Reserve Shiraz of Winery De Bortoli in the region of Australie du Sud-Est is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, cedar

On the nose the DB Family Reserve Shiraz of Winery De Bortoli in the region of Australie du Sud-Est often reveals types of flavors of oaky, oak or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery De Bortoli's DB Family Reserve Shiraz.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14°
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

DB Family Reserve Shiraz - 2015
In the top 100 of of Australie du Sud-Est wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
DB Family Reserve Shiraz - 2013
In the top 100 of of Australie du Sud-Est wines
Average rating: 3.411100

The best vintages of DB Family Reserve Shiraz from Winery De Bortoli are 2015, 2013

Informations about the Winery De Bortoli

The winery offers 478 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This winery is part of the De Bortoli Wines.
It is in the top 200 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Australie du Sud-Est

The Winery De Bortoli is one of wineries to follow in Australie du Sud-Est.. It offers 462 wines for sale in the of Australie du Sud-Est to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud-Est
In the top 20000 of of Australia wines
In the top 2500 of of Australie du Sud-Est wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 350000 wines of the world

The wine region of Australie du Sud-Est

South East Australia is a geographical indication (GI) covering the entire south-eastern third of Australia. The western boundary of this area extends 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) across the Australian continent from the Pacific coast of Queensland to the Southern Ocean coast of South Australia. This vast wine 'super zone' effectively encompasses all the major Australian wine regions outside Western Australia. Rainforest, mountain ranges, scrubland, desert and Dry riverbeds occupy the majority of the land in the South East Australian area.

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