2006 Tatiarra Cambrian Shiraz - Museum Release

Established by Nick Chlebnikowski and Bill Spring, Tatiarra quickly became one of Heathcote’s cult Shiraz producers, earning a strong following for wines that captured the power and richness of the region’s famed Cambrian soils. Working alongside highly regarded winemakers including Ben Riggs, the winery developed a reputation for producing bold, cellarworthy Shiraz with immense concentration and unmistakable regional character.
The 2006 Tatiarra Cambrian Shiraz is a museum release from one of the estate’s flagship labels, offering a snapshot of an important era in Heathcote winemaking. Now with significant bottle age, the wine displays the evolved savoury complexity and maturity that collectors of aged Australian Shiraz appreciate, making it a fascinating addition to any cellar.

Retasted 14/4/2016:
At ten years of age this wine is still in tip top shape. It opens with an impenetrable inky black core and a very deep dark red hue. Elevated aromas of liquorice, ripe black cherries and blackberry invade the nostrils followed by vanillin oak, dark chocolate and spice. Exceptionally concentrated and rich the palate is saturated with liquorice allsorts, blackberry, confectionary, vanillin cedar and blackpepper flavours. It shows virtually no signs of development. Very fine grained, velvet like tannins with an underlying rock like structure. Superb length. Exceptionally long aftertaste of liquorice, confectionary, ripe blackberry, vanillin oak and blackpepper.
Alc 15.5%

First Tasted Nov 6 2007:
As with previous vintages, this wine is a saturate of colour - black purple with black purple hue – a hallmark of all Tatiarra wines. Superb lifted nose of cedar, vanilla, violets and freshly crushed blackberry followed by spice and nuances of liquorice. A seamless explosion of flavours with black and white pepper melting into blackberry, violet infusions and liquorice allsorts. Perfectly balanced with fine velvet tannins. Exceptional length and depth with very long aftertaste lasting for minutes. A triumph for the viticultural and wine making team.
Alc/Vol: 15.5%