A blend of 53% Shiraz and 47% Cabernet, this wine is a modern style exhibiting generous body and fruit flavor. The bouquet gives plenty of spicy plum characters from the Shiraz fruit with the Cabernet contributing rich blackcurrant and mint aromas. The palate of this medium bodied wine is rich and soft, complexed with subtle oak flavors and a soft tannin finish.
Shiraz Cabernet is known as "The Great Australian Red": a blend of Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon. It is an Australian institution. The Australians feels their blending of these wines is unsurpassed.
The blend originated in Australia in the late 1800s and was referred to as generic "claret". In the 1950s, there was a refocus on this blend of Shiraz and Cabernet. Read More...
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