Mount Langi Ghiran Shiraz 2005
Awards:
Trophy - National Wine Show of Australia 2006 Best Dry Red Table Wine - 2005 Vintage
Trophy - National Wine Show of Australia 2007 Best Dry Red Table Wine - 2005 Vintage
Deep, dark purple on colour. Ripe and plush on the nose, with dark brambly red fruits, spice and hints of white pepper. A beautifully layered and textured palate with dark red fruits, plum, anice and blackberry all leading to a firm but fine finish. Awesome wine. Cellar 2008-2018 95 points Anthony D'Anna
'Previously a Pinot Noir winemaker, Buckle has a Burgundian mentality. He uses open fermenters and small parcels of fruit to reflect terroir and selects fruit for optimal aromatic elements. This gives the wines an elegant floral quality while retaining the ripe black fruit juiciness which Australia can achieve so well. TheCliff Edge 2004also displays some judicious cedar elements and an attractively firm tannin structure as well as black pepper. Their flagship Langi 2005 is a super-charged version that is savoury, refined, highly perfumed, a pronounced fruit syrup with spicebox and blackberry notes and a long, elegant finish.' Jancis Robinson
Ghiran’s releases this year are like an entire Album of greatest hits and the Blue Label is the title track. Controlled, spicy and red fruited, this is probably the most compact yet expressive wines in our list this year, and it’s the finest wine ever made in Mount Ararat! Taste 2008, Matthew Jukes & Tyson Stelzer
"Langi" Shiraz is not just the best wine in the cellar – it is Estate grown, and comes from our oldest vines. "Langi" Shiraz is therefore a unique expression of Shiraz varietal, with seasonal variation showing the hallmarks of the vineyard. As such "Langi" Shiraz speaks of the granitic soil, the cool growing season, the limited water, and Easterly aspect of the site, along with the moderating effects of Mount Langi Ghiran itself. Of ten blocks on the property at Mount Langi Ghiran, we normally make between 8and 10 different wines. The oldest vines – up to 45 plus years – nearly always make the best wine.
Old vines make the best wine due to vine age and balance – fully established root systems deliver growth that is in balance with the surroundings, and from this fruit with mature tannic structures and depth of flavour. Old vines are more consistent through the seasons. Old vines tend to crop less – the grapes are therefore more expensive to grow.The best grapes present the best tannins, and these are best extracted slowly and early in the ferment to deliver that Shiraz "plush yet firm" texture. Cold soaking the Mount Langi Ghiran "Langi" Shiraz fruit takes longer in the vat – at a peak time of harvest, these grapes get the best treatment. The best wines are well complimented by the best oak. A greater proportion of new oak is included in the Langi Shiraz – typically around 45% new. So these wines are more expensive to make.
'Maker of outstanding cool-climate peppery Shiraz, crammed with flavour and vinosity, and very good Cabernet Sauvignon. The Shiraz points the way for cool-climate examples of the variety, for weight, texture and fruit richness all accompany the vibrant pepper-spice aroma and flavour.' James Halliday
One of the top half dozen Shiraz’s in Australia. The site climate of the Mount Langi Ghiran vineyards produces wines which have tremendous depth and complexity: there are pepper and spice notes, but there are also all of the lush ripe fruit flavours running from cherry to liquorice which a top Rhone Valley maker would immediately recognise and appreciate. - James Halliday
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