2004 Langi Shiraz, Mount Langi Ghiran
(6x75cl)
| Product Code: | 50876104 |
| Description: | 2004 Langi Shiraz, Mount Langi Ghiran |
| Case Size: | 6x75cl |
| Producer: | Mount Langi Ghiran |
| Region: | Victoria |
| Country: | Australia |
| Alc. By Vol.: | 15 |
Other Vintages
| 2005 Langi Shiraz, Mount Langi Ghiran |
Grape Varieties
| 100% | Shiraz |
Ageing Potential:
Drink now for its elegance and youthful fruit, or enjoy it over the next 15 years.
Food Matching Note:
Complements rich, complex dishes with its fine structure and multi-layered palate. Try it with baked ham studded with cloves and glazed with honey and mustard or any red meat fillet pan fried with a rich, creamy mushroom or peppercorn sauce.
Tasting Note:
The 2004 Langi Shiraz is an exciting vintage with terrific expression of site. A complex wine showing blueberry, blackberry and classic Langi mixed spice. Dense and concentrated, structured tannins build on the palate. Balanced between power and elegance, the wine continues on the palate with ripe blueberry and blackberry fruits, hints of pepper and tight acidity adding length and definition. This is the first vintage to be bottled under screwcap.
Vinification Note:
Mount Langi Ghiran is an ancient granitic outcrop, rising from the plains of Western Victoria, some 500 million years old. The soils of the foothills are sedimentary red clays, covered with a thin layer of weathered granitic sands caused by the erosion of the mountain itself. “Langi” Shiraz is a unique expression of the Shiraz varietal, with seasonal variation showing the hallmarks of this single vineyard wine. As such “Langi” Shiraz speaks of the granitic soil, the cool growing season, the limited water, the easterly aspect of the site, along with the moderating effects of Mount Langi Ghiran itself. The vines are forty years old and consistently produce excellent wine. As the vine gains age, it naturalises with the environment, striking an easy balance between each of its elemental parts: the structural, the vegetative and the reproductive. Vines with age are more consistent through the seasons. Older vines tend to be lower yielding and so although the grapes are more expensive to grow, they consistently produce fruit with mature tannic structures and depth of flavour. The tannins, when extracted slowly and early in the ferment by cold soaking, are able to deliver that wonderful Shiraz “plush yet firm” texture.
Detailed Vinification Note:
Alcohol: 15.0%
Varietal Composition: 100% Shiraz
Geographical Origin: Grampians – MLG Estate
Date of Harvest: May 2004
Method: Machine / Hand
Vine Age: 40 years +
Size of Vineyard: 10 acres
Fermentation Method: Open, hand plunged
Skin Contact Time: Up to 21 days
Malolactic Fermentation: Complete – in barrel
Length of Fermentation: Up to 21 days
Time in Barrel: 18 months
Barrel Origin & Size: French barriques – 225L
Age of Barrel: 45% new, 55% one year old
Bottling Date: December – 2005