Rocland EstateChocolate Box Sparkling Shiraz
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Chocolate Box Sparkling Shiraz of Rocland Estate in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Chocolate Box Sparkling Shiraz
Pairings that work perfectly with Chocolate Box Sparkling Shiraz
Original food and wine pairings with Chocolate Box Sparkling Shiraz
The Chocolate Box Sparkling Shiraz of Rocland Estate matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, eggplant moussaka with lamb or royal couscous (lamb, chicken, merguez).
Details and technical informations about Rocland Estate's Chocolate Box Sparkling Shiraz.
Discover the grape variety: Verdelho
Structured, taut whites with precise acidity and a slender mouth, featuring aromas of citrus (lemon, orange peel), dried fruits, toasted almond, Mediterranean herbs and pronounced saline notes. A historic pillar of medium-dry Madeira (one of the island's four classic noble grapes) where it develops complex oxidative notes. Also as structured dry whites in Douro DOC and Australia (Hunter Valley). Native Portuguese grape, unrelated to Spanish Verdejo.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Chocolate Box Sparkling Shiraz from Rocland Estate are 2009, 2010, 2012, 0
Informations about the Rocland Estate
The Rocland Estate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Barossa to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Barossa
World icon of Australian Shiraz (~50% of plantings). Powerful, sun-filled reds with signature notes of candied blackberry, black plum, dark chocolate, liquorice, leather and sweet spices (pepper, clove), round tannins and generous opulence. Old vines among the world's oldest (Shiraz from 1843, Turkey Flat). Also fruity, sun-filled Grenache, firm Mataro (Mourvèdre), dense Cabernet Sauvignon and ample Sémillon.
The wine region of Australie du Sud
Cradle of the great Australian Shiraz: powerful, sun-drenched reds with notes of blackberry, candied plum, pepper, chocolate and eucalyptus, ample tannins and vibrant fruit (Barossa, McLaren Vale). Firm, minty Cabernet Sauvignon on Coonawarra (terra rossa). Dry, lemony Riesling from Clare and Eden Valley, straight and taut. Fresh Sauvignon and Chardonnay from Adelaide Hills.
The word of the wine: Merithalle
Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see internode).
