McLaren Vale Wine Region
By Chris • May 19th, 2009 • Category: Wine RegionsThere are a couple of good reasons to give McLaren Vale a mention today.
The Sea and Vines Festival is coming up. It’s on during the June long weekend, 7-8 June. 23 wineries from the McLaren Vale region will match their wines to seafood dishes.
Secondly there are some great McLaren Vale wine specials available this week.
- WineMarket have Hesketh Usual Suspects McLaren Vale Shiraz 2005 at less than half price.
- Winemakers Choice have a 12 bottle case of Mastermind Merlot 2008 with savings of $84.
McLaren Vale, just south of Adelaide, is one of Australia’s oldest winemaking regions and most of the award winning wines from the region are from 100 year old vines. The start of the winemaking industry in McLaren Vale is considered to be around 1873 when Thomas Hardy purchased the Tintara winery.
The climate of the region makes McLaren Vale on of the most reliable, consistent wine growing areas. The region gets good winter rainfall and long dry summers.
The most notable wine variety produced in McLaren Vale is shiraz although the region is also renowned for other varieties including cabernet sauvignon, Grenache and chardonnay. The shiraz from Mclaren Vale is often referred to as being amongst the best shiraz in the world. The terroir produces intense flavoured fruit which is a deep purple, almost black colour. Aromas are liquorice, spice and violets and classic McLaren Vale shiraz has intense, mouthfilling flavours which include plum, spice, black pepper, liquorice and dark chocolate.
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