2005 Tappa Pass

Barossa

Shiraz

Deep garnet with garnet hues. Bursting with aromas of blueberry, fresh sage, salted plum and mulberry, with developing notes of earth, leather, grilled meats, dried herbs and cedar. The palate is juicy, pristine and refined with hallmark blue fruits, and a long, creamy malt-like finish, balanced by bright acidity and velvety tannin tension. Still youthful, elegant and composed.

$201.00
$201.00
Deep garnet with garnet hues. Bursting with aromas of blueberry, fresh sage, salted plum and mulberry, with developin...

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BACKGROUND

The Barossa has a core of grape growers of German Silesian descent dating back six generations, staunchly continuing the traditions of their forebears. Up to 70-year-old, low-yielding shiraz is selected from historical grower vineyards at Tappa Pass and Light Pass, growing in low-fertility soils that range from terra rossa to red-brown earths, derived from Neoproterozoic bedrock more than 542 million years old. These vineyards provide exceptional quality shiraz fruit from both the Eden Valley and Barossa Valley regions of the Barossa, vinified in traditional open-top fermenters.

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Varieties: 100% Shiraz

Harvest Date: 7 March – 17 April

Alcohol: 15%

Vintage Rating: Exceptional Vintage

Maturation: Matured in 80% new and 20% seasoned French oak hogsheads for 18 months prior to blending and bottling. Bottle aged in the Henschke cellar for museum release.

Cellaring Potential: Drink now - 2040+

VINTAGE

The 2005 vintage was early, warm and quick with fantastic quality and good yields. Above average winter rains led into a beautiful spring, with some early November frosts but good flowering weather in late November and early December. Summer was wet and wild, with an amazing roller-coater of weekly thunderstorms that helped maintain good subsoil moisture. Rains in January were followed by a dry February, and the dry weather caused an early, compact harvest of above average yields. The late Indian summer lasted into May, well after all the fruit was harvested, at maturity figures, flavour and colour not seen before the 2002 vintage. The quality of the 2005 vintage is sure to be ranked as one of the best on record, after 2002, with all varieties showing strongly. Once again the signature varieties for Eden Valley (shiraz and riesling) performed brilliantly.

TASTING NOTES

The Barossa has a core of grape growers of German Silesian descent dating back six generations, staunchly continuing the traditions of their forebears. Up to 70-year-old, low-yielding shiraz is selected from historical grower vineyards at Tappa Pass and Light Pass, growing in low-fertility soils that range from terra rossa to red-brown earths, derived from Neoproterozoic bedrock more than 542 million years old. These vineyards provide exceptional quality shiraz fruit from both the Eden Valley and Barossa Valley regions of the Barossa, vinified in traditional open-top fermenters.

Varieties: 100% Shiraz

Harvest Date: 7 March – 17 April

Alcohol: 15%

Vintage Rating: Exceptional Vintage

Maturation: Matured in 80% new and 20% seasoned French oak hogsheads for 18 months prior to blending and bottling. Bottle aged in the Henschke cellar for museum release.

Cellaring Potential: Drink now - 2040+

The 2005 vintage was early, warm and quick with fantastic quality and good yields. Above average winter rains led into a beautiful spring, with some early November frosts but good flowering weather in late November and early December. Summer was wet and wild, with an amazing roller-coater of weekly thunderstorms that helped maintain good subsoil moisture. Rains in January were followed by a dry February, and the dry weather caused an early, compact harvest of above average yields. The late Indian summer lasted into May, well after all the fruit was harvested, at maturity figures, flavour and colour not seen before the 2002 vintage. The quality of the 2005 vintage is sure to be ranked as one of the best on record, after 2002, with all varieties showing strongly. Once again the signature varieties for Eden Valley (shiraz and riesling) performed brilliantly.