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Bottle per case: 12
‘Thumb Print’ is an exclusive new label and the inaugural release is a Shiraz created by Paul Lindner, winemaker at Langmeil, founded almost 10 years ago, but already one of the Barossa Valley’s most highly-regarded producers.
Langmeil is located in an historic corner of the Barossa on one of the Valley’s oldest and most prized vineyards, planted 150 years ago and producing fruit that forms the backbone of Langmeil’s flagship wine, the Freedom Shiraz.
Langmeil also has unrivalled access to fruit of outstanding quality from all over the Barossa Valley through its strong connections with some of the district’s most influential and long-established grape-growing families. It is these connections that make wines like Thumb Print Shiraz possible.
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COLOUR:
Intense purple-red full to the middle.
NOSE:
Red fruits, violets and lilacs with cream and vanilla
PALATE:
Raspberries, sweet black cherries, spices and spearmint. Very seductive with lovely balance. Not the typical Barossa style, a more medium bodied elegant style with lovely fruit concentration and purity to it. Good balance between the fruit, acid and tannin. The finish is long and clean.
COMMENTS:
A smart little wine. Pristine and elegant with structure, mouth feel and great fruit purity…just wonderful!
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There is a total of 13,256 hectares of vineyard area planted in the Barossa. The majority of plantings are Shiraz, with other varieties such as Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon, Mataro, Riesling and Semillon also part of the Barossa wine tapestry.
There are essentially two main soil types in the Barossa and both are regarded as being quite low in fertility: brown, loamy sandy to clay loam and sandy light-brownish grey to dark grey brown soils.
Further research is currently being undertaken to add to our knowledge about the soils which help to create Barossa wines of great character and distinction. South Australian geologist David Farmer is actively exploring the region to further define soils within the differing terroirs of the Barossa.
