The Pioneer Shiraz 2012

Name: The Pioneer Shiraz 2012
Brand: Taylors Wines
SKU: 10255
Price: 220.00 AUD
Availability: OutOfStock

This pinnacle release Shiraz is crafted from the very finest fruit selection and is entirely estate grown and bottled on the Taylor family estate in the Clare Valley, South Australia.

$220.00

Tasting Notes

Nose: There is fragrant spice, dark cherry, plum, dark chocolate, freshly roasted coffee beans and charry oak characters.

Palate:Generous and rounded at first with juicy, deep berry compote fruits then yielding to a tightly woven frame of firm yet generous tannins. There are alluring oak and fine dark chocolate characters, with a deep, soft centre of ripe berry fruits. Elegant acids and light, long tannins carry the palate to a lingering finish.

Colour: At release, the wine is a vibrant, mid-dense purple crimson with a deep, black cherry-skin core.

Details

Grape Variety: Shiraz

Dry/Sweet: Dry

Vintage: 2012

Range: The Pioneer

Blend or Single: Single Variety

Region: Clare Valley

Wine Body: Full

Oak Maturation:

Vintage Condition: Growing conditions leading up to vintage 2012 were relatively mild, with regular spring rains promoting excellent vine canopy growth. Harvest conditions were excellent with only 1 substantial rain event. Overall, yields were lower than long-term averages but the quality was outstanding across all varieties, with intense colour & excellent flavour development.

Cellaring Notes: Immediately approachable but will cellar well in ideal conditions for up to 20 years from vintage date.

Alcohol Volume: 14.0

Residual Sugar: 0.69

Standard Drinks:

pH: 3.5

Trophies Awarded:

Profile:

Dry

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Sweet

Light

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Bold

No oak

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Oak

Smooth

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Tannic

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Nose

There is fragrant spice, dark cherry, plum, dark chocolate, freshly roasted coffee beans and charry oak characters.

Palate

Generous and rounded at first with juicy, deep berry compote fruits then yielding to a tightly woven frame of firm yet generous tannins. There are alluring oak and fine dark chocolate characters, with a deep, soft centre of ripe berry fruits. Elegant acids and light, long tannins carry the palate to a lingering finish.

Colour

At release, the wine is a vibrant, mid-dense purple crimson with a deep, black cherry-skin core.