Winery Leogate EstateWestern Slopes Reserve Shiraz
Red wine
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).
The Western Slopes Reserve Shiraz of the Winery Leogate Estate is in the top 10 of wines of Hunter Valley.
Taste structure of the Western Slopes Reserve Shiraz from the Winery Leogate Estate
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Western Slopes Reserve Shiraz of Winery Leogate Estate in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Food and wine pairings with Western Slopes Reserve Shiraz
Pairings that work perfectly with Western Slopes Reserve Shiraz
Original food and wine pairings with Western Slopes Reserve Shiraz
The Western Slopes Reserve Shiraz of Winery Leogate Estate matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shepherd's pie (potatoes, beef, carrots, bacon), chakchouka or oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself!.
Details and technical informations about Winery Leogate Estate's Western Slopes Reserve Shiraz.
Discover the grape variety: Tannat meunier
This grape variety is found in southwestern France. It is a natural mutation of Tannat, so its resemblance is normal and only its very white down differentiates it. It is practically not propagated... another example of such a mutation, meunier or pinot meunier. - Synonymy: no synonym to date (for all the synonyms of grape varieties, click here!).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Western Slopes Reserve Shiraz from Winery Leogate Estate are 2014, 2013
Informations about the Winery Leogate Estate
The Winery Leogate Estate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 36 wines for sale in the of Hunter Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Hunter Valley
The Hunter Valley is unquestionably the best known and most highly prized wine region in NewSouthWales. 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 NewSouthWales 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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