Hewitson 'Private Cellar' Shiraz Mourvédre - 2008 Wines of the world. Buy the best red wine, Australian wine from Australian wineries

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Hewitson 'Private Cellar' Shiraz Mourvédre - 2008

Barossa Valley, South Australia

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*Varietal*	ShirazMourvédre
*Closure*	Screw Cap	*Size*	750ml
*Alc/Vol*	14.5%	*Enjoy*	Now - 2030
The 2008 Private Cellar is only the seventh ever release of this label. The Private Cellar label allows us to personally select what we consider to express the best and most idiosyncratic from each vintage. The 2008 vintage is regarded as a landmark vintage. In what proved to be a very demanding year for many wineries with the well documented warm weather in early March, Hewitson was able to continue to make red wine to exceptionally high standards. The first and generally what sets the wines of Hewitson apart from others is the predominately dry-grown vineyards dating back to the 1800’s with very deep root systems. These roots in some cases go down around ten metres into the sub soil. These vines have their own biological clock and it is of little consequence what is going on around them above the earth. Their drive is sourced from the nutrients and water derived deep underground. The 2008 Private Cellar is a selection of the finest cuvee of Shiraz and Mourvédre from the Barossa Valley. The warmth in March drove colours and tannins to unprecedented levels, while the winery managed to preserve fresh, ripe, red and black forest berry fruits. Traditional winemaking techniques saw exceptional flavour extraction followed by 20 months maturation in new French barriques. The integration is superb. Cellaring potential of 20 plus years.
*What the critics think*
2005 Private Cellar- 97 points "Deep colour; super intense black fruits and dark chocolate, the Mourvédre contributing to the texture as it should; an exciting wine with a great future." Rating 97 James Halliday – Australian Wine Companion - 2008
2005 Private Cellar- "I'm a believer in this wine" - 95 points "It's frisky, it's silken, it's firm, it flows across your tongue like a convincing argument, it's abundantly (dark) fruited and it's structured and long. I'm a believer in this wine. I think it's about $60. At this very young stage of its life, it seems to me to be quite superb. Drink: 2011-2017." Campbell Mattinson - Wine Front Monthly - 14 November

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