6x Viking Odins Honour Barossa Valley Shiraz 2014
Iconic Limited Release Shiraz sourced from Old Vines Vineyard with vines dating back to early 1900’s
Customer Review - 5 Stars
“Viking never ceases to amaze and Odin's Honour is the best of the best! Great potential to cellar but drinks well now!”
Why to buy
- Sourced from vineyard that has supplied fruit to Penfolds Grange
- Previous vintages rated 94+ Points Parker and Halliday
- Previous vintage Double Gold Medal Winner China Wine and Spirit Awards - Best Value
- Award Winner Melbourne International Wine Challenge 2017
- Cellaring potential for another 10 years
Tasting Notes
Dark crimson with black core. Rich earthy characters with an abundance of black fruit followed by hints of chocolate, licorice, pepper and oak. This is a big traditional style of Shiraz, which we recommend is decanted and allowed to breathe prior to consuming. Black fruits are at the forefront here and an earthy character reflecting its age is also evident although freshness from the fruit and natural acid highlights its ability to age further with ease. The oak and tannin melt into the fruit and some more subtle hints of leather and pepper create further complexity and whilst the alcohol is present its just a bystander and does not overwhelm.
Technical Notes
This wine is sourced from an old dry grown vineyard with vines dating back to the early 1900’s from what we consider one of the Barossa Valley’s finest blocks. 2013/2014 growing season was near on perfect. An ideal vintage, which gave us the benefit of perfectly, ripened fruit. The smooth flow of vintage allowed us to select specific fruit parcels and allowed us to define the wine as much in the vineyard as the winery. These grapes are brought into the winery, and crushed into old vats where the fermentation is initiated by “wild” yeasts found on the grape skins. Careful extraction and short post fermentation maceration is followed by soft pressing. The wine is transferred into brand new oak barrels where the malolactic fermentation is completed before racking and maturation for a further 24 months in barrels. A careful assemblage and barrel selection is followed by minimal filtration and bottling then further aging prior to release.
A wine which has benefited already from time in the cellar although it will have a great lifespan of around another 10+ years.
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