The Colonial Estate Exile Barossa Valley Shiraz 2014
- INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL WINNER 2017
- 95 POINT RATED WINE SHOWCASE
- OUTPOINTED MOUNT PLEASANT MAURICE O'SHEA '14 SHIRAZ VALUED AT $250BTL & 99PTS HALLIDAY
- OUTPOINTED WOLF BLASS PLATINUM SHIRAZ VALUED AT $200 A BOTTLE
- GOLD MEDAL & MULTI AWARD WINNER
- EXILE SHIRAZ LABEL HAS WON 2 TROPHIES, 22 GOLD, 12 SILVER, 26 AWARDS AND HAS SOLD FOR $220 A BOTTLE
Vintage: | 2014 |
Source/Region: | Barossa Valley, South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Shiraz |
Cellaring: | Drink now or cellar for next two decades |
Bottle Top: | Foil over cork |
Alcohol Content: | 15.00 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.90 |
Rating: | 0 |
Ink like colour with purple edge. Alluring bouquet filled with liquorice, blackberry and dark plum fruit with layers of fennel spice and Smokey oak. Full bodied and highly concentrated fruit with a really plush texture. The fruit flavours of blackberry, dark plum all work within the framework, which is fleshy and opulent with a licorice character shining on the mid palate. There is a lovely spicy note along with subtle hint of fennel and oak. The tannins are velvety smooth which when allowed to open up and breathe illustrate the longevity possible with a long dark seductive finish which is all interwoven between a backbone of oak and tannin perfectly.
The bulk of the vines are dry grown old vines, which are pruned severely and receive two runs of green harvesting finally producing one tonne to two tonnes per acre. Exile grapes are then hand picked and the grapes sorted. The wine is fermented in vats after extreme cold maceration. The wines have their malolactic in new French oak, and are thereafter in the same oak for 24 months prior to bottling with minimal filtration and then further aging in bottle.
95 Point Rated Wine Showcase Magazine
Decanter Asia Wine Awards 2017
"Smoke, dark fruit and a slightly leathery edge bouquet. Soft and accessible food style wine with a meium floral finish."
Winestate Magazine Worlds Greatest Shiraz Challenge
"Quite developed leathery/earthy characters on the nose with good length of the pleasant prune/plum flavours."
At The China Wine & Spirit Awards 2017 The Colonial Estate Exile Barossa Shiraz 2014 Outpointed;
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Wolf Blass Estates Of The Barossa St Johns Ebenezer Road Shiraz 2013 ($90 A Bottle)
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At the 2017 Sydney Royal Wine Show The Colonial Estate Exile Barossa Shiraz 2014 Outpointed;
Mount Pleasant Maurice O'Shea Shiraz 2014 ($250 A Bottle & 99 Halliday Points)
Wolf Blass Platinum Shiraz 2014 ($200 A Bottle)
Tulloch Hector Limited Release Shiraz 2014 ($95 A Bottle & 95 Halliday Points)
Rosemount Balmoral Shiraz 2014 ($75 A Bottle & 97 Halliday Points)
Double Gold Medal
China Wine & Spirit Awards Best Value 2017
Gold Medal
Wine Showcase 2017
Silver Medal
Melbourne International Wine Challenge 2017
Award Winner
Sydney Royal Wine Show 2017
Decanter Asia Wine Awards 2017
Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2017
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