Mount Langi Ghiran Shiraz (1999)
Mount Langi Ghiran Shiraz 1999
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- Winery:
- Mount Langi Ghiran
- Region:
- Australia > Victoria > Western Victoria > Grampians
- Varietal:
- Syrah
- Type:
- Red Wine
- Drink Dates:
- 2000 - 2003
Review Highlights
This wine's winery: Learn more about Mount Langi Ghiran
This wine's region: Learn more about Grampians
This wine's varietal: Learn about Syrah wines
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"Voted Best Red Wine' at The 2001 Exhibition of Victorian Winemakers, the 1999 Shiraz is a dark evocative purple with intense perfumes of cracked pepper, spice and brambly blackberry fruits."
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"Had with steak and all the fixings, and the flavors were nice with that, but I actually think this would be better with lamb or stew."
What to Expect
Australia has certainly made Syrah its own, even bestowing it with a new name: Shiraz. In the warm, dry climate of Australia this noble grape, responsible for some of the grandest wines of France, produces an intense, unique expression that is distinctly Australian. The ripe grapes take on classic notes of black pepper and leather that add depth and complexity to the black cherry and plum fruits on the palate. Australian Shiraz has typically been aged in American Oak barrels which impart the wine with a distinct note of vanilla that can add to the impression of ripeness many of these wines have, but the time in barrel also allows the wines a chance to settle and reveal their rich, voluptuously styled mouthfeel.
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User Reviews
This poured into the decanter a clear garnet, with some sediment in bottle but not nearly as much as some have suggested. Mine opened tight, too, with plum, cherry and smoke with some unidentifiable spice. Am decanting and will taste back in an hour. Note: there is a lot of sediment in here, but it is so fine read more...
Mount Langi Ghiran Shiraz has become an international wine icon, reinforced by its appearance alongside Penfolds Grange and Henschke's Mount Eldelston on the cover of Wine Spectator's Pinnacle of Australian Shiraz' story in 1996. Now a well recognised benchmark for cool climate read more...
