McGuigan Black Label Reserve Shiraz Cabernet & Tim Adams Pinot Gris 2012
McGuigan Limited Edition
Black Label
When you've a label that's been a stand-out success for 20 years, you could be
excused for sitting back and resting on your winemaking laurels.
Not so with Neil McGuigan, the dynamic and irrepressible Chief Winemaker at the
Hunter Valley's McGuigan Wines. Instead he's created a very special 20th
Anniversary Black Label Reserve Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon to celebrate the
second decade of the company's Black Label range - and is already pondering how
he'll celebrate the label in another 20 years.
"We see ourselves not just as makers, but as guardians of the brand, charged
with an obligation to respect our history and our heritage, and to continue
Black Label's world-wide success," Neil says, and noting that only 7500 cases
were made of the 20th Anniversary drop, although 150,000 cases of the McGuigan
Black Label range are sold in Australia every year, making it our currently #1-
selling red wine by volume.
The 20th Anniversary Black Label Reserve Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon was made from
fruit sourced from South Australia's Barossa Valley and Limestone Coast and
bursts with sweet berry fruit and supple tannins. Pay $19.99 and get the family
around to share over a Sunday roast turkey dinner.
One For Lunch:
With nearly 40 vintages behind him in the Clare Valley, Tim Adams reckons only a
handful of these were as good as the 2012, one whose yields were slightly down
on normal but whose resultant fruit showed marvellous flavour intensity.
And Tim's particularly proud of his 2012 Tim Adams Pinot Gris that's full of
pear and peach flavours with a touch of sweetness. And although officially a
white wine, it's got a slightly rosé hue from the variety's natural skin
pigmentation; at $22 you won't beat it with Chicken Tikka Masala or Thai Fish
Cakes.
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