Brown Brothers Estate Range Shiraz

Brown Brothers Estate Range Shiraz

Lifted aromas of red and dark berry fruits are complemented by the classic peppery
notes of Shiraz, through to a juicy and supple palate

Vintage
The 2018 vintage in Victoria was defined by a warm, dry growing season with below average rainfall. A mild spring allowed for even flowering and fruit set, while the dry
summer aided in slow, balanced ripening. These conditions yielded wines of excellent quality, with concentrated flavours, ripe tannins, and vibrant acidity.
Vineyard
The Shiraz grapes are grown in the Heathcote region, which is located north of Australia’s Great Dividing Range, 170 kilometres inland from the Victoria coast. With
fairly mild summers, Heathcote benefits from the effects of cool winds blowing up from the south that are channelled through the valleys of the Mount Camal Range. This
provides an extended growing season encouraging a slow, steady ripening and greater complexity in the grapes. The Mount Camal Range is a major influence on the
climate, the southern winds offer a cooling influence on the vineyards. The ancient Cambrian red soils are made up of weathered greenstone and are rich in minerals,
with a great capacity for retaining water to nourish the vines throughout the growing season. The soils have superb heat retaining properties, storing heat throughout the
day and radiating it into the evening, contributing to lengthening of the ripening period. The Shiraz variety thrives in the Heathcote region and produces small,
concentrated and ripe berries, with balancing acidity.
Winemaking
Following harvest, the grapes were crushed and destemmed and fermented with selected yeasts on skins for five to seven days. Following malolactic conversion, the
wine was matured for 12 months in new (10%) and older French and American oak barriques and puncheons.

Producer Note
Brown Brothers is one of Australia’s leading family-owned wine companies. Based in Milawa, Victoria for over 130 years, it is the Brown family’s sense of adventure and
innovation has led them to where they are now: creating exciting new wines, pushing boundaries, and developing vineyards in some of the best regions in Australia. In 1989,
Brown Brothers celebrated 100 years of winemaking and established the ‘Kindergarten Winery’ a mini-sized winery where experimental and innovative wines can be made on
a smaller scale. In 2015, fourth generation Katherine Brown joined the winemaking team and became the first female winemaker in the family, working alongside award winning winemaker Cate Looney. For a company named Brown Brothers, today they are led by a team of eight women and two men. Their pioneering range of wines includes less known varieties such as Cienna and Tarrango and an alcohol-free duo
named ‘Zero’. They are members of Sustainable Winegrowing Australia, and all their wines are precisely crafted, with care, attention and consistency.

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Brown Brothers Estate Range Shiraz