Mount Barker/Margaret River Sandalford 1996
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Mount Barker/Margaret River Sandalford 1996
The 1996 Mount Barker/Margaret River Shiraz is a red wine produced by Sandalford, an estate established in 1840 whose history is closely linked with the early development of Western Australia's wine industry. While Sandalford is a major presence in the Swan Valley, they also source fruit from the South West and Great Southern regions, including Margaret River, Mount Barker, and Pemberton. This 1996 vintage marks the fourth consecutive year the estate blended Shiraz from Mount Barker and Margaret River, and notably, it is the first time the Mount Barker component makes up the majority of the blend.
The Margaret River region, located on the southwestern tip of Western Australia between the Indian and Southern Oceans, is one of the country's most prestigious wine areas despite its relatively young history dating back to the late 1960s. Covering approximately 5,500 hectares of vineyards on a narrow peninsula, the area benefits from a strong maritime influence. The Mediterranean climate provides warm, dry summers moderated by sea breezes and mild winters. The vines are planted in old, deep gravelly loam soils over a granite bedrock, creating an environment well-suited for cultivating Shiraz alongside the region's renowned Bordeaux-style blends and Chardonnay.
Following the harvest, the wine underwent its maturation process in American oak barrels. The barrel regimen consisted of 45% new oak, 30% one-year-old barrels, and 25% two-year-old barrels. This Western Australian Shiraz is bottled at 12.5% alcohol by volume.
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Margaret River
Margaret River lies on the south-western tip of Western Australia between the Indian Ocean to the west and the Southern Ocean to the south and is one of Australia's most prestigious wine regions despite its relatively young history from the late 1960s. The area covers around 5,500 hectares of planted vineyard on a narrow peninsula that benefits from a strongly maritime climate.
The climate is distinctly Mediterranean with warm dry summers moderated by sea winds and mild winters, while the soils are old, deep gravelly clay over granite bedrock. The area is especially known for its Bordeaux-style Cabernet Sauvignon (often with the Houghton clone), structured Cabernet-Merlot blends and elegant Chardonnay, complemented by Sauvignon Blanc-Semillon blends and Shiraz. The style is typically concentrated and structured with precise fruit aromas; Cabernet shows currant, blackberry, cedar, tobacco, herbs and firm but rounded tannins, while Chardonnay has stone fruit, citrus, hazelnut, lees character and pronounced acidity. The area is known as home to some of Australia's finest Cabernet and Chardonnay wines.
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