Winery Mount Pleasant - Maurice o'Shea Shiraz

Winery Mount PleasantMaurice o'Shea Shiraz

4.3
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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 Maurice o'Shea Shiraz of Winery Mount Pleasant 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 nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Maurice o'Shea Shiraz of the Winery Mount Pleasant is in the top 10 of wines of Hunter Valley.

Taste structure of the Maurice o'Shea Shiraz from the Winery Mount Pleasant

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Maurice o'Shea Shiraz of Winery Mount Pleasant in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Maurice o'Shea Shiraz of Winery Mount Pleasant in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Mount Pleasant's Maurice o'Shea Shiraz.

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

Discover the grape variety: Madeleine angevine

Resulting from a sowing carried out in 1857 in Angers (Maine and Loire Valley) by Jean-Pierre Vibert and from 1863 marketed by the Moreau-Robert company. According to genetic analyses, this variety is the result of a cross between the royal madeleine and the blanc d'ambre. It has been used very often by hybridizers, the Csaba pearl being a good example. This variety is found in the United States (Washington), Germany and England, where it is vinified and its wine appreciated. - Synonymy: Angevine (for all the synonyms of the varieties, click here!).

Last vintages of this wine

Maurice o'Shea Shiraz - 2014
In the top 10 of of Hunter Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Maurice o'Shea Shiraz - 2013
In the top 10 of of Hunter Valley wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Maurice o'Shea Shiraz - 2011
In the top 10 of of Hunter Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Maurice o'Shea Shiraz - 2010
In the top 10 of of Hunter Valley wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Maurice o'Shea Shiraz - 2009
In the top 10 of of Hunter Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Maurice o'Shea Shiraz - 2007
In the top 10 of of Hunter Valley wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Maurice o'Shea Shiraz - 2006
In the top 10 of of Hunter Valley wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Maurice o'Shea Shiraz from Winery Mount Pleasant are 2007, 2005, 1997, 2014 and 2011.

Informations about the Winery Mount Pleasant

The winery offers 83 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This winery is part of the McWilliam's.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Hunter Valley in the region of Nouvelle-Galles du Sud

The Winery Mount Pleasant is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 68 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 150 of of Australia wines
In the top 10 of of Hunter Valley wines
In the top 3500 of red wines
In the top 4500 wines of the world

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.

The word of the wine: Paste

Characteristic of a thick and heavy wine with sticky tannins.

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