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Brand's Laira Steniford's Old Vines Shiraz 2016

Coonawarra

RRP HK$400 
HK$288  each
28% off rrp
Delivery 2-3 working days
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Brand’s Laira is an iconic winery, nestled in the heart of the famed “terra rossa” strip of the Coonawarra region in South Australia. Steeped in heritage, the Laira Vineyard was planted back in 1893 and is one of the oldest working blocks in the region. Brand’s Laira offers a range of elegant yet richly flavoured premium wines from this distinct region.

The fruit for Brand's Laira flagship wine was hand-picked from the original vineyard planted in 1893 and tended by Captain Stentiford.

Brand's Laira Steniford's Old Vines Shiraz 2016 was fermented and placed in French oak barriques, hogsheads and puncheons to complete primary and malolactic fermentation. After a further 21 months of maturation each barrel was assessed for quality prior to bottling.

The elegant, mid-weight palate displays lovely plum and dark cherry fruits with spicy vanilla notes from time in French oak. The structure is powerful but elegant with fine velvety tannins and a long finish.

Critic awards

Vines planted in 1893; the length and focus of the wine in the mouth speaks eloquently of very old vines. The structure and texture, coupled with the dark fruits, are the key to the wine's quality, though not making oak and tannins irrelevant. Coonawarra at its best.

— 97 points, Halliday Wine Companion

Deep colour which has lost all of its youthful purples and is now brick-red; the bouquet echoing this state of development with baked-earth, pencil-shavings aromas and a hint of the roasting pan and dried meats. The wine is full-bodied but mellowing nicely, the tannins ample but supple, the flavours passing into the savoury, tertiary stage. There's attractive complexity here, albeit the wine is more forward than expected at six years. (from vines over 120 years old)
Huon Hooke

— 92 points, The Real Review

Region and Grapes

Region: Coonawarra
Grape: Shiraz
ABV: 14%

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