Cool Climate Red Wines - Tasting Notes

VINTAGE 2006

Shiraz 2006
Dark Ruby red, an earthy charred oak and spice nose, with a lick of licorice. A savoury cool climate shiraz, exhibiting a fine elegant, peppery style and deliciously tight tannins. (More_Info)

Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
A bouquet of Spice, Oak and bay leaves. Lean and elegant, displaying cool climate savoury characters of fine tannins and vanillin oak and lively acid. (More_Info)

Pinot Noir Merlot 2006
A vibrant ruby red wine with a herbaceous smoky oak nose. Rich ripe cherries lead you over silky tannins to an intense, peppery, lingering mid palate. A most evocative wine. (More_Info)

Fragoletto 2006
This wine is made from Fragola (Italian for strawberry) grapes. It has a spring garden bouquet, with notes of ripe strawberries, lilac and gardenias, and a delicate lingering palate of succulent strawberries and musky cloves. (More_Info)

Sangiovese 2006
Rich warm earthy and elegant. A wine of excellent structure, savoury mouthfilling palate and a spicy sustained clove finish. (More_Info)

VINTAGE 2007

BHW 2007 Shiraz - Premium
Deep ruby red, this wine displays notes of dark chocolate, coffee and toasty spicy oak. The palate is rich with tight acid, velvety mocha, fine tannins and a persistent warm finish. (More_Info)

BHW 2007 Shiraz
Spicy clove aromas lead to a fine elegant peppery palate, with a lick of ripe black olives. Its finish is distinctive, savoury and lingering. (More_Info)

BHW 2007 Pinot Noir
Hints of Maraschino cherry, mushroom- forest, earthy notes. A savoury palate with spicy red fruit flavours & violets; It has a silky texture and a long fine finish- It leaves you wanting more!

2007 Merlot
Deep Garnet and inky in colour, with spicy aromas of a cedar cigar box & gunsmoke. The palate is generous & Velvety with rich mocha undertones, ripe blackcurrants & grippy tannins on finish.

2007 Nebbiolo
A heady nose of roses, musk & Briar fruit. Tight tannins. Sweet caramel undertones, good acid backbone and a touch of sage. Finish this succulent yet savoury wine with a sustained and lingering finish.

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Winemaker, Bruno Tassone recalls his childhood introduction to wine production in Italy.

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Bacchus, the Roman god of Wine, discovered the culture of the vine and the method of extracting its precious nectar for our gratification, and we are grateful for the opportunity to continue that tradition with skill and passion.

Our vineyard, located in the cool climate wine making region of Sunbury, Victoria is set high on the hills overlooking the picturesque Bacchus Marsh valley. Our vines are sun drenched during the day and benefit from cool breezes at night - ideal growing conditions for producing elegant cool climate wines with crisp, tangy acidity characteristics that are full of complexity and intensity. Our grapes are handpicked from hand-pruned vines, grown on high level river terraces and gully alluvium within a belt of ancient Ordovician soil - they make wines of great character and complexity.

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