DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL – San Francisco International Wine Comp
93 POINTS – WINORAMA.com.au Gary Walsh, JAN 08 – “Rich and full with dark plums and berries, aniseed, chocolate and toasty vanilla coffee oak. Slightly floral and extremely attractive. On the palate full bodied and voluptuous with plum cake, red berries, chocolate, spice and toasty coffee oak. It has smooth grainy ‘Greek Coffee’ tannins and excellent mouthfeel – deep and satisfying. Finishes long and spicy with a puff of powdery tannin to close. Highly seductive and tasty. Love it.”
92 POINTS – ADELAIDE ADVERTISER – “Fleshy plums and chocolatey elements give this very smart, medium-weighted shiraz a sense of sweet fruitiness with a serious, upright backbone, a fresh fruit pucker in the middle of the mouth, a light coast of tannins and a decent length of flavour all built in. Strongly Vales in character and perhaps better in a year or so.”
“The latest vintage from the RGT collection honours the late Greg Trott, who has just been recognised in a new book about his life and vision for Wirra Wirra. A cracking good red with loads of upfront grunt, intense black berry and plum fruit on the nose and palate, a core of spice, integrated chocolate characters and silky smooth tannins. Drink it with rare sirloin steak.” – ILLAWARRA MERCURY Grape Expectations, Kerry Skinner, FEB 08
“Ripe nose with white pepper overtones, soft on entry then starts to build, flavours unfolding on one level, well supported underneath with acid/tannin. Good depth and length with a great aftertaste and a long, long finish.” – THE KEY REVIEW OF WINES Issue 11, Tony Keys, APRIL 08
A legacy worth drinking… As a tribute to Greg Trott’s unique vision of that which has always made Wirra Wirra special, we have named our McLaren Vale Shiraz after the massive post-and-rail fence only Trott could have dreamed of and that now greets visitors to the winery.
Woodhenge is essentially in the mould of the fences early settlers would erect, but on a cyclopean scale, with posts more than two metres in diameter, some weighing over three tonnes. Less fence, more elemental sculpture, Woodhenge is a monument to “big” ideas.
Grape Varieties: 100% Shiraz
Region: All fruit was sourced from various sub-regions
throughout McLaren Vale
Oak Maturation: Each vineyard batch was matured in oak for 16months prior to blending. Of the final blend, 65% of wine was matured in French oak and 35% in American oak, of
which 40% was new
Alcohol: 14.5%
TA: 6.2g/L
pH: 3.45