St. Hallett The Black Sparkling Shiraz

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St Hallett Wines blends up this sparkling red wine from specially selected older wood aged shiraz parcels. The core base of wine set aside is a blend of several vintages from 1992 through to 1998. Each year, new parcels of wine are chosen while barrel tasting for the Old Block and Blackwell shiraz blends. These selected wines thenremain maturing in oak alongside the existing older material, until blending for the next bottling. The ultimate aim is for the sparkling wine to display the intense, multi layered fruit flavours characteristic of shiraz in the Barossa. Flavours of game, sweet spices of cinnamon and nutmeg, smoky pepper and the tarry leathery notes of aged shiraz, are blended with the velvety dark and white chocolate, and sweet creamymocca flavours.

Tasting Notes: Deep intensity, dark ruby purple colour with plum red tints. The nose displays layers of dark chocolate, sweet nutmeg spice lifted by soft pepper, liquorice, mocca, coffee, and dark chocolate, smoky toast aromas, and then hints of game.On the palate there is a complex mix of sweet game and spice, coffee and rich chocolates, mixed with a light cashew and smoky flavours from the oak. The rich chocolate and fine grained tannins on the palate add a smooth velvety texture and weight. The wine finishes with a lingeringflavour of sweet white chocolate, complemented by vanilla and mocca.
14.1% alcohol/volume.