The Winery Shelmerdine of Central Victoria of Victoria

Winery Shelmerdine - Cabernet Sauvignon
The winery offers 27 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 344 of the estates of Victoria.
It is located in Central Victoria in the region of Victoria

The Winery Shelmerdine is one of the best wineries to follow in Central Victoria.. It offers 27 wines for sale in of Central Victoria to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Shelmerdine wines

Looking for the best Winery Shelmerdine wines in Central Victoria among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Shelmerdine wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Shelmerdine wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Shelmerdine

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Shelmerdine

How Winery Shelmerdine wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of roast beef in a crust, couscous merguez or bresse chicken with yellow wine and morels.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Shelmerdine

On the nose the red wine of Winery Shelmerdine. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Shelmerdine. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Shelmerdine

  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Shelmerdine.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Sangiovese
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Nebbiolo

Discovering the wine region of Central Victoria

CentralVictoria">Victoria, as the name suggests, occupies the middle portion of the state's wine map. It is the most diverse of all Victorian wine zones in terms of the number of wine styles it is capable of producing. Geographically speaking, Central Victoria is a relatively small zone in comparison to its neighbours, in Particular Big Rivers to the North. However the variable landscapes ranging from vast plains to moderately elevated terrains, Dense forests and the slopes of mountain ranges are attributed to the versatility of wine found here.

Unsurprisingly, some of the most recognizable names of the Australian wine industry have their vineyards in Central Victoria. The zone is comprised of several regions and subregions. The large expanse of Goulburn Valley and Bendigo in the flatter northern part of the zone (on the border of NewSouthWales) have a warmer, drier Climate that is conducive to Rich, Heavy styles of wine. Here, Shiraz is king, with Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay providing other options for winegrowers.

The Strathbogie Ranges and Upper Goulburn areas are cooler due to their position among the mountains of the Great Dividing Range, and excel in more aromatic varieties like Riesling and Pinot Noir. Heathcote, on the western edge of the zone, is cooler thanks to the influence of the Mount Camel Range. These topographical variations mean particular grape varieties are suited to specific locations, as suggested by their GIs (Geographical Indications).

The top white wines of Winery Shelmerdine

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Shelmerdine

How Winery Shelmerdine wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of roast pork orloff, salmon and goat cheese quiche or vegan leek and tofu quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Shelmerdine.

  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling
  • Viognier

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Shelmerdine

Planning a wine route in the of Central Victoria? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Shelmerdine.

Discover the grape variety: Nebbiolo

A very old grape variety grown in the Italian Piedmont. It has a great resemblance with the Freisa, which also comes from the same Italian region. Among the various massal selections made in Italy, we find lampia, michet and rosé. It can be found in Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Mexico, the United States (California), Australia, etc. In France, it is practically unknown, perhaps because it is a delicate and demanding grape variety with, among other things, a fairly long phenological cycle.

News about Winery Shelmerdine and wines from the region

Hitting the right note

Last year, there was much mirth on wine Twitter about a particularly excruciating tasting note. You’re right. The wine trade needs to get out more. But still… this one was a beauty. It began well enough – really quite beautiful, in fact. But before long the imaginative descriptions were getting more ornate and strained. It moved from poetic to meaningless before finishing with a reference to Burnt Norton – the first of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets – that put it firmly in Private Eye magazine’s ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Hitting the right note

Last year, there was much mirth on wine Twitter about a particularly excruciating tasting note. You’re right. The wine trade needs to get out more. But still… this one was a beauty. It began well enough – really quite beautiful, in fact. But before long the imaginative descriptions were getting more ornate and strained. It moved from poetic to meaningless before finishing with a reference to Burnt Norton – the first of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets – that put it firmly in Private Eye magazine’s ...

The word of the wine: Doucillon

See bourboulenc.