Winery Lightfoot & Sons - River Block Shiraz

Winery Lightfoot & SonsRiver Block Shiraz

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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 region.
The River Block Shiraz of Winery Lightfoot & Sons is a red wine from the region of Gippsland of Victoria.
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 River Block Shiraz from the Winery Lightfoot & Sons

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the River Block Shiraz of Winery Lightfoot & Sons in the region of Victoria is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Details and technical informations about Winery Lightfoot & Sons's River Block Shiraz.

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

Discover the grape variety: Vidoc

A wine grape variety of the INRA-Resdur1 series with polygenic resistance (two genes for mildew and powdery mildew have been identified) resulting from an interspecific cross between Mtp 3082-1-42 (one of its parents is Vitis rotundifolia, which is resistant to Pierce's disease, mildew, grey rot, etc.) and Regent. The parents of Artaban are the same. Little multiplied, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.

Informations about the Winery Lightfoot & Sons

The winery offers 20 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Gippsland in the region of Victoria

The Winery Lightfoot & Sons is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Gippsland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Victoria
In the top 20000 of of Australia wines
In the top 1500 of of Gippsland wines
In the top 250000 of red wines
In the top 400000 wines of the world

The wine region of Gippsland

The wine region of Gippsland is located in the region of Victoria of Australia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bass Phillip or the Domaine William Downie produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gippsland are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Riesling, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gippsland often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earth or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, floral or black 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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Bottle with a capacity of 6 litres (synonymous with imperial).

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