'Pick the Region' Results

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 09, 2008

Coriole Vineyards conducted its first Regional Shiraz Tasting competition on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th September at Coriole.

The competition was open to the public and focused on Shiraz from the 2006 vintage across Australia. Wines from eight of the best Shiraz producing regions in Australia were carefully selected for the competition. These wines were presented blind, and competitors asked to match each wine with its correct region of origin.

The competition was won by Anna Croft, who correctly matched four wines to their regions. The full list of 2006 Shiraz wines and regions are;

• Wine # 1 - Majella Shiraz - Coonawarra
• Wine # 2 - Coriole Estate Shiraz - McLaren Vale
• Wine # 3 - Petaluma Shiraz - Adelaide Hills
• Wine # 4 - Brookland Valley Verse 1Shiraz - Margaret River
• Wine # 5 - Mitchell Peppertree Shiraz - Clare Valley
• Wine # 6 - Tyrells Rufus Stone Shiraz - Heathcote
• Wine # 7 - St Hallett Blackwell Shiraz - Barossa Valley
• Wine # 8 - Brokenwood Hunter Shiraz - Hunter Valley

• Wine # 9 Tiebreak wine - Bests Bin O Shiraz - Great Western

Coriole's Mark Lloyd said 'everyone participating was very enthusiastic about the tasting and excited at the opportunity to assess regionality in Australian Shiraz. It proved to be a difficult exercise with so many wines to segregate. However, there was often good logic in the wrong answers with participants more likely to confuse areas of similar climates'.

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