Winery Richard Hamilton - The Smuggler Shiraz

Winery Richard HamiltonThe Smuggler Shiraz

3.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The The Smuggler Shiraz of Winery Richard Hamilton is a red wine from the region of McLaren Vale of Australie 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).

Taste structure of the The Smuggler Shiraz from the Winery Richard Hamilton

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the The Smuggler Shiraz of Winery Richard Hamilton in the region of Australie du Sud is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

leather, earthy

Wine with oak taste

chocolate

On the nose the The Smuggler Shiraz of Winery Richard Hamilton in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, black cherries or plum and sometimes also flavors of chocolate, earth or oak.

Details and technical informations about Winery Richard Hamilton's The Smuggler Shiraz.

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

Discover the grape variety: Concord

It is the result of a seedling planted in the United States, around 1840, recovered near the Concord River, a small river located east of Massachusetts. According to genetic analysis, it is an interspecific cross between the catawba and a vitis labrusca. Concord was for a long time the main variety cultivated in North America. It was introduced into Europe at the beginning of the 19th century, in France at the beginning of the phylloxera crisis, but was not widely propagated. It could be found in the Valleraugue region (Gard) at the foot of Mont Aigoual, in the Ardèche (our photos), etc. Today, it exists only as an isolated strain that can sometimes be found on the edge of a slope, which was our case. Through various and numerous crosses, it has been used to obtain some rootstocks and direct producer hybrids, which have now almost all disappeared.

Last vintages of this wine

The Smuggler Shiraz - 2018
In the top 100 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
The Smuggler Shiraz - 2017
In the top 100 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
The Smuggler Shiraz - 2016
In the top 100 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
The Smuggler Shiraz - 2015
In the top 100 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of The Smuggler Shiraz from Winery Richard Hamilton are 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Informations about the Winery Richard Hamilton

The winery offers 46 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This winery is part of the Leconfield.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in McLaren Vale in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Richard Hamilton is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 48 wines for sale in the of McLaren Vale to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 5000 of of Australia wines
In the top 3000 of of McLaren Vale wines
In the top 80000 of red wines
In the top 150000 wines of the world

The wine region of McLaren Vale

The wine region of McLaren Vale is located in the region of Fleurieu of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 599 estates and châteaux in the of McLaren Vale, producing 2626 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of McLaren Vale go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Australie du Sud

SouthAustralia is one of Australia's six states, located (as the name suggests) in the south of the vast island continent. It's the engine room of the Australian wine industry, responsible for about half of the country's total production each year. But there's more to the region than quantity - countless high-quality wines are produced here, most from the region's signature Grape, Shiraz. These include such fine, collectible wines as Penfolds Grange, Henschke Hill of Grace, Torbreck The Laird and d'Arenberg The Dead Arm.

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The word of the wine: Acidity

When present without excess, acidity contributes to the balance of the wine, giving it freshness and nervousness. But when it is very high, it becomes a defect, giving it a biting and green character. On the other hand, if it is insufficient, the wine is soft.

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