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TROPHY WINNER - 2013 McLaren Vale Wine Show

"Juicy and sweet. It manages great vibrancy and vitality - clean lines, light to medium body, very fresh and utterly drinkable."

Hot 100 SA Wines 2014

"A 51/49% blend, small batch-fermented and matured in used oak. Shows why Shingleback sees the '12 vintage as one of its best ever vintages, with vibrant, yet supple, red cherry and plum fruit, finishing with perfectly judged savoury tannins. Beware - one glass will be quickly followed by the next. Drink by 2020. 94 pts, great value."

Reprinted with permission from the 2015 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion.

"Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2012 Local Heroes Shiraz Grenache opens with lovely aromas of warm raspberries, kirsch and Black Forest cake with underlying baking spice hints. Medium-bodied, soft and well-rounded in the mouth, it offers tons of red berry preserve and spicy flavors through the long, satiny finish. Great comfort wine. Drink now to 2017. 90 pts."

Lisa Perotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate, USA #211, February 2014

Tasting Note:

Satsuma plum coloured. The Shiraz, grown on loamy clay, contributes raspberry, blackberry and spice to the blend, whilst the hand-picked, old bush vine Grenache (grown on deep sand over clay) adds a potpourri of perfumed roses and savoury notes. Small batch open fermentation and maturation in older oak ensures the proven synergy of these two, equally matched, McLaren Vale Local Heroes.

Awards:

• Trophy, Best MV Shiraz Predominant Blend - 2013 McLaren Vale Wine Show
• Gold medal - 2013 McLaren Vale Wine Show, class 21
• Silver medal - 2014 Royal Queensland Wine Show, class 61
• Silver medal - 2013 NZ International Wine Show, class 18b
• Silver medal - 2014 IWSC UK
• Silver medal - 2014 Melbourne International Wine Competition
• Bronze medal - 2014 National Wine Show of Australia, class 22
• Bronze medal - 2014 Sydney Royal Wine Show, class 33
• Bronze medal - 2013 National Wine Show of Australia, class 23
• Bronze medal - 2013 Royal Adelaide Wine Show, class 50
• Bronze medal - 2014 International Wine Challenge, UK
• Bronze medal - 2013 International Wine & Spirit Competition, UK
• Bronze medal - 2013 Royal Melbourne Wine Show, class 60
• Bronze medal - 2013 Hong Kong International Wine & Spirit Competition
• Bronze medal - 2014 CWSA, Hong Kong
• Bronze medal - 2015 Sydney Royal Wine Show, class 39
• 94 pts - 2015 James Halliday Australian Wine Companion