The Barossa Wine Region
By admin • Jun 12th, 2009 • Category: Wine RegionsThe Barossa is one of Australia’s most popular holiday destinations, renowned for its wine, food and festivals. The Barossa has some of the oldest shiraz vineyards in the world and is the home of many famous brand name wines in Australia including the world famous Penfold’s Grange.
The Barossa itself is made up of two regions, the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley. The two are divided by the Barossa Ranges. The entire Barossa region is famous for Shiraz wine and the cooler climate Eden Valley is renowned for world class Riesling. These wine varieties aren’t the only specialties of the Barossa. The region is also known for excellent Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon in red wine varieties, and Semillon and Chardonnay in white wine varieties.
Famous wineries in the Barossa include Grant Burge, Torbreck, Orlando, Kaesler, Penfolds, Peter Lehmann, Wolf Blass, Rockford, Elderton, Glaetzer, Saltram, Yalumba and Seppelts.
There are some good bargains around if you buy Barossa shiraz online. For everyday drinking at the fantastic price of well under $10 a bottle, the Warburn Premium Barossa Shiraz is unbeatable value. It’s full of wonderful flavours of blackberries and spice with fruity, earthy aromas.
Another good buy in a higher price range is the Balthazar Barossa Shiraz 2006. WineMarket have it a good price of $44.99 a bottle with savings of $15 a bottle. It has won multiple medals including 7 gold medals and Best Shiraz National Wine Show Canberra. The colour is a dense red, aromas are rich, ripe berry fruits with peppery spice with concentrated plum, blackberry fruits with licorice flavours. Fine, firm tannins with layers of spicy complexity ending with a very long finish.
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