Winery Thistledown - Wizard & Farmer Shiraz

Winery ThistledownWizard & Farmer Shiraz

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Wizard & Farmer Shiraz of Winery Thistledown is a red wine from the region of Barossa Valley of Australie du Sud.
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 Wizard & Farmer Shiraz from the Winery Thistledown

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Wizard & Farmer Shiraz of Winery Thistledown in the region of Australie du Sud is a powerful with a lot of tannins present in the mouth.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Wizard & Farmer Shiraz of Winery Thistledown in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Thistledown's Wizard & Farmer Shiraz.

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

Discover the grape variety: Millot Léon

Interspecific crossing between the 101-14 Millardet and Grasset (vitis riparia X vitis rupestris) and the goldriesling obtained by Eugène Kühlmann (1858-1932) around 1911 and marketed around 1921. With these same parents, he obtained among others the Maréchal Foch. Léon Millot is still found in Canada, the United States, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland and England. In France, where it was grown for a long time in Alsace, it is no longer grown in the vineyards, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties, list A.

Last vintages of this wine

Wizard & Farmer Shiraz - 2019
In the top 100 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Wizard & Farmer Shiraz - 2018
In the top 100 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 4.411110

The best vintages of Wizard & Farmer Shiraz from Winery Thistledown are 2018, 2019

Informations about the Winery Thistledown

The winery offers 32 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This winery is part of the Alliance Wine.
It is in the top 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Barossa Valley in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Thistledown is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 33 wines for sale in the of Barossa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 15000 of of Australia wines
In the top 1500 of of Barossa Valley wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 350000 wines of the world

The wine region of Barossa Valley

The wine region of Barossa Valley is located in the region of Barossa of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 613 estates and châteaux in the of Barossa Valley, producing 2290 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Barossa Valley 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: Cuvée prestige (champagne)

Vintage or not, it is composed of a selection of terroirs and generally comes from the first press after eliminating the very first juices that come out of the press. The best known? Dom Pérignon, Cristal de Roederer, Grand Siècle de Laurent-Perrie, Louise at Pommery. In fact, all the houses and most of the independent winegrowers have their own prestige cuvee.

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