Wine Fox Creek Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre 2008
Reviews of purchase Fox Creek Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre 2008
Tasting Notes
Bright cherry red color.
Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre elegant 2008 shows good structure, complexity and length. In the bright, rich taste in the foreground is dominated by tones of ripe plums, cherries and raspberries, to which are added shades of cinnamon, clove and chocolate. In the aftertaste reveals light notes of oak and delicate, soft tannins.
Charming bouquet woven from spicy notes of cinnamon, nutmeg, raspberry, red cherry and chocolate.
The wine is ideal for red meat, game, poultry and blue cheese.
Interesting Facts
One of the great wines Fox Creek Shiraz-Grenache is-Mourvedre 2008. Created from three grape varieties of the same name, it has an unusually sophisticated and elegant taste. Collected from old vines and aged in two, three and four-year oak, Shiraz gives the wine an exotic zest of oriental spices. Grenache adds a touch of "animals" tone and density, and Mourvedre gives luxurious fruit and berry shades. Wine is aged partly in new, partly in annual barrels of French and American oak.
Try eccentric Shiraz Grenache, Mourvedre, 2008, and you will be pleasantly surprised by its original, multi-layered palette of flavor and aroma.
History of Fox Creek began from the moment when Jim and Helen Watts in 1984 purchased 32 acres of land in Sun Valley McLaren. Despite the fact that many tried to dissuade them from ideas to break the vineyards here, they went after his dream and thanks to the hard work and professional approach created a wonderful wine, which today are the owners of gold medals at many international competitions.
The mild climate of the Valley McLaren is very similar to the Mediterranean coast. Due to the proximity of the ocean is never cold, and almost the entire year (except the winter months) is warm and dry weather, which protects the vines from disease. Among a lot of attention is given to methods of biodynamics, particularly for pest control are used, some species of predatory insects and birds to attract around which the vines are planted trees specifically. Fox Creek is practicing the most harmless to the environment vine cultivation techniques and tries to minimize the use of chemicals that allows you to create eco-friendly wines of the highest quality.