Mount Pleasant High Paddock Shiraz Vintage 2010 VINTAGE WINES 2017

Mount Pleasant High Paddock Shiraz Vintage 2010 VINTAGE WINES 2017Mount Pleasant Wines is a historic New South Wales winery with a significant portfolio of old vineyard holdings. It is located at Pokoblin, on the slopes of the Brokenback Mountain Range at the southern end of the Hunter Valley, and is particularly known for its wines from the Semillon and Shiraz grape varieties. The winery is one of the biggest award winners in the history of Australian wine, and is closely linked with the legendary winemaker Maurice

Malbec and Cabernet Frenc

but this still has room for improvement

rich texture

Chateau Montelena is one of the most prominent Napa Valleywineries

without ripping your face off

Production stoped for a while and  restarted on the arrival of André Mentzelopoulos in 1977 and at first greatly increased in order to improve the quality of the first wine

It was taken over in 1994 by a French investment firm who retained the successful wine making team

wine level 3cm below base of neck

but the cork is solid

Smells like apricot nectar

it has its own wine making facilities within the vineyards where some of the vines were planted between 1915 and 1920

Most releases need 10 to 15 years to be appreciated at their best