Description
There’s an upfront sweet fruited perfume of plum and strawberry jam on this otherwise dry single-vineyard Shiraz, with a core of savory green herbs, peppery spice, beet root and warm stones. It’s a succulent, tongue-coating wine with gravely tannins, but is harmonious with a sense of place and age-worthiness. Drink now with protein–2035. — Wine Enthusiast
Thistledown was founded in 2010 by two Masters of Wine, Giles Cooke and Fergal Tynan, whose vision was to craft wines of precision, elegance and energy. Wines that not only faithfully expressed the sites from which the fruit was grown but challenged the accepted norms of Australian wine at the time.
Thistledown craft elegant, energetic and detailed Grenache, Chardonnay from the Adelaide Hills and Eden Valley, and contemporary style Shiraz from McLaren Vale, Eden Valley and Barossa.
Today, Thistledown is a Halliday Wine Companion 5 red star winery, a Real Review Top Winery of Australia and a certified member of Sustainable Winegrowing Australia (SWA). We consistently receive very high scores and praise from the world’s most respected wine writers and publications. We are demonstrating that South Australian wine is truly world class – deserving its place on the finest tables and shelves, and in cellars across the world.
With Giles Cooke MW responsible for winemaking, his focus on old vines, “picking on-the-way-up”, whole bunch inclusion and wild ferments, has enabled him to faithfully translate site into bottle. The aim is to make wines of great purity, precision and energy rather than a reliance on power, alcohol or oak.
Perched high above the Barossa, the Eden Valley can be a precarious but highly rewarding place in which to grow grapes. This single vineyard, at 550m above sea level is hauntingly beautiful. Home to the majestic wedgetail eagle, the soils composed of pink quartz and ironstone, provide a formidable substrate in which the vines takes a tenuous hold.
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