Fowles Wines "Ladies Who Shoot Their Lunch" Shiraz - 2018

Name: Fowles Wines "Ladies Who Shoot Their Lunch" Shiraz
Brand: Fowles Wines
SKU: 39196
Price: 34.96 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 39196 750mL

Fowles Wine is a family owned winery based in the cool climate wine region of the Strathbogie Ranges, Victoria, Australia. Perched on an ancient granite plateau 130 kilometers north of Melbourne, they are the first foothills of the Great Diving Range. This Shiraz is fermented with wild ambient yeast in 150 year old English casks. It's beautifully made and reminds us St Joseph with its pure black fruit flavors.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2018

Country

Australia

Region

Victoria

Producer

Fowles Wines

Grape Variety

Shiraz

Production Methods

Organic

Practicing Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard.

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Staff Pick Notes

This wine is inspired by Matt Fowles' passion for hunting. Ladies who shoot their lunch wines have been made to support the flavors of wild game. Wild yeast is used, which gives the wine an unpredictable nature. In addition, a portion of this wine is aged in old and new oak, some others in stainless still tanks. This is a vibrant Shiraz from Victoria, Australia with classic aromas of dark berry and pepper and flavors of chocolate and spice. The oak does its job balancing all of the wine qualities together. Silky tannins and a long finish are noticeable and pleasant on the palate. I would pair this wine with any kind of meat but mostly with game and lamb.

- AFR

Glossary

Shiraz

We'd like to clear this up once and for all: the Shiraz grape is genetically identical to Syrah. Australian winemakers put "Shiraz" on the map (and, many would argue, vice versa), and the term is now used throughout much of the New World. Let it never be said, however, that Shiraz and Syrah are the same thing: the region in which the grape is grown determines much about the flavor of the wine it will produce. Typically, New World Shiraz yields bigger, fruitier wines than the the peppery Syrahs...

Australia

Australian Shiraz (made from the grape called “Syrah” in other parts of the world) shows the essence of the outback: it’s big, bold, and a little rough around the edges. The vast country leaves lots of room for variation, however, with its many terroirs each yielding distinctively styled wines. The climate of South Australia’s McLaren Vale district is heavily influenced by the ocean; wines here typically show savory notes of olive and spice on the nose and deep berry flavors on the palate....

Victoria

The state of Victoria, adjacent to and southeast of South Australia, is Australia’s third-largest producer of wine. Climatically very varied (its higher-altitude vineyards are the coolest in Australia), Victoria is home to the most diverse assortment of vineyards in Australia, with a particular focus on cooler-climate varieties such as Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Shiraz production tends to be concentrated in the central viticultural regions of Grampians, Pyrenees, and Heathcote, where the...