Tellurian Wines talking Heathcote, Shiraz and their wines, Heathcote, Victoria

Описание: TELLURIAN 2014 'Pastiche' SHIRAZ, HEATHCOTE, VIC
TELLURIAN 2013 'Tranter' SHIRAZ, HEATHCOTE, VIC

THE PRODUCER:

Tellurian Wines Heathcote was established in 2002 by Ian Hopkins with the purchase of a parcel of farming land on the western slopes of the Mt Camel range, overlooking the township of Toolleen. The original Tellurian vineyard was planted to Shiraz that year, with further Shiraz plantings in 2003, 2006 and alternate varietal plantings in 2011 and 2012.

In 2006 Winemaker Tobias Ansted and viticultural consultant Tim Brown joined Tellurian in preparation for the first vintage, which produced the 2008 Tellurian Heathcote Shiraz. In 2009 the first Pastiche Shiraz was introduced, combining fruit from both our Tranter Rd Vineyard, and the Tuohey family vineyard on the eastern side of the Mt Camel Range.

THE VINEYARD:

Our Tranter Rd vineyard is located on the western slopes of the Mt Camel Range overlooking the township of Toolleen. The 80 ha of land includes 22 ha under vine, comprising of 16 ha of Shiraz planted in 2002, 2003 and 2006, with the remaining area planted in 2011 and 2012 including Grenache, Mourvedre, Viognier, Marsanne, Riesling and Nero D’Avola.

The cambrian soils are deep, rich, red decomposed greenstone rock, with soils depths across the vineyard up to 2m. These ancient cambrian soils of the Toolleen area of the Heathcote region combined with viticultural practices that focus on optimising fruit quality from each vine, provides the base building blocks for our wines.
Our flagship Tellurian Tranter Shiraz is made exclusively from our Tranter Rd vineyard. Tellurian Winemaker Tobias Ansted and viticulturist Tim Brown work closely with select growers near Toolleen, to ensure vineyard management and harvesting practices yield optimum quality for fruit that contributes to our Pastiche Shiraz, Grenache-Shiraz-Mourvedre, Viognier and Marsanne.

We work closely with the Touhey family vineyard on the eastern side of Mt Camel who grow grapes that are blended with fruit from our estate vineyard for the Tellurian Heathcote Pastiche Shiraz.

THE WINERY:

Our overarching winemaking philosophy is to produce well balanced wines where winemaking and oak inputs play a supporting role to allow the fruit to express its varietal characteristics. Under this philosophy each wine is handcrafted to express the characteristics of the site and the subtleties of the particular vintage.
The wines from the 2012 vintage, were the first made in our new winery in Tranter Rd Toolleen. The new winery was built to 100 tonne crush capacity and includes three 5000L French oak fermenters, seven concrete (stainless steel lined) fermenters and a bank of seven open top stainless steel fermenters.

THE WINES:

TELLURIAN 2014 'Pastiche' SHIRAZ, HEATHCOTE, VIC
This wine is a vibrant expression of Heathcote Shiraz relying on intense fruit combined with subtle oak. Bright red purple colour. The nose displays aromas of blackberry, clove spice with hints of cocoa and earthy notes. The medium bodied palate is bright, lively with juicy dark berry fruit intensity, fine grippy tannins and persistent length.

TELLURIAN 2013 'Tranter' SHIRAZ, HEATHCOTE, VIC
The bright crimson colour heralds a cornucopia of berry fruit that includes blackberries, blueberries and ripe raspberries. A complex blend of warm spice and dark cocoa meld seamlessly with the intense fruit of the palate which shows drive and length. Fine persistent tannins provide structure and exceptional length.

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