Mr. Riggs 'Piebald' Shiraz Viognier 2009
The WineDeep in colour, the wine is almost black yet is also vibrant and bright. The nose is perfumed with apricots, spice and liquorice; a pretty, fragrant wine with a sweet, juicy, velvety palate. The finish is elegant with savoury spice and a fine tannin length and persistence.
The Shiraz is co-fermented with Viognier skins to enhance aromatic variety, with apricot and spice on the palate. Viognier holds a phenolic (tannic) character that enables increased stabilisation of colour in the wine - hence the bottomless pitlike blackness of colour, plus the savoury tannins which enable the wine with such an elegant flourish. A UK buyer once described a Shiraz Viognier blend thus: 'smells like a lady's handbag, tastes like a man's wallet'. Exactly what Ben was aiming for, and a more apt description of this style is hard to find! The Mr. Riggs 2009 "Piebald" Shiraz Viognier will cellar well, but we hope its allure is too strong for that.
$25.00 per bottle
CLOSURE
Closure
Stelvin
WINEMAKER
Winemaker
Ben Riggs
Grape Variety
Grape Variety
95% Shiraz 5% Viognier
Growing Region
Growing Region
Adelaide
Date Bottled
Date Bottled
6-Sep-2010
% Alcohol
% Alcohol
14.5%
Acidity
Acidity
6.6g/L
pH
pH
3.43
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