The Bridge Vineyard
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Creating individual distinctive quality wines from the Heathcote and Bendigo regions of Victoria in limited quantities.
2004 The Bridge Shiraz
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Seasonal Conditions
A classic year unfolded with cool temperatures and rain periods that coincided with the growth cycles of the vineyard. A long dry Autumn allowed perfect maturity and a trouble free harvest.
Harvest and Winemaking
Hand harvesting fruit at the peak of maturity with crushing in the vineyard (call it the Blue Sky winery) before a lengthy pre fermentation soaking of the must. Extreme color saturation and flavor development is achieved by this action and from there the fermentation is initiated with part natural fermentation ( from yeast active on the skin of the berry before finishing off to complete dryness with a selected dried yeast. Basket pressed to within an inch of its life and then to a slow cool maturation in oak barriques for 20 months. Hand bottled and bottle aged for 9 months before release.
Tasting Notes
- Appearance - Bright full color near opaque with purple robe.
- Bouquet - A complex lifted bouquet of raspberry spice and vanilla.
- Palate - A fine palate that is rounded flavorsome and very long
- Cellaring - Ten Years plus
The overall impression of this wine is the youthful state it exhibits in its color bouquet and flavor. The fruit concentration and acid tannin structure is perfectly natural for cellaring.
Location
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