Product Profile
Tapanappa 'Joanna' Wrattonbully Shiraz 2009
Medium-Full Bodied, Dry, Red, Shiraz, Drink now or cellar, 14% alc.
Tasting Notes
Wrattonbully fully ripens Shiraz and is a special terroir in that it can elicit a noble response from both Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon. The Shiraz of the Hooper Vineyard has the special terra rossa soil and climate derived flavours of the Wrattonbully region. The core fruit is blackberry and liquorice with the earthy and eucalypt smoke nuances of the Wrattonbully terroir. The wine is not heavy or alcoholic but is elegant, dry and savoury and is defined by significant but fine-grained tannins. “This wine is a true expression of a unique Australian terroir.”
Producer
Tapanappa
Tapanappa winery is named after a 550 million year old geological formation that underlies the Fleurieu Peninsula where the Croser family have a sheep farm and vineyard. Tapanappa combines “old vines, new terroirs, experienced winemaking and energetic skilled young management.” Brian Croser founded Petaluma with his wife Ann in 1976, and in 1978 they pioneered the development of the modern Adelaide Hills viticultural region. At Petaluma, Brian developed his “distinguished site” philosophy, discovering unique sites in the Piccadilly Valley and Mt Barker in the Adelaide Hills, and in the Clare Valley and Coonawarra. Brian remains committed to the development of new cool climate “distinguished sites” for specific varieties, his latest pioneering planting being the Pinot Noir at Foggy Hill Vineyard, Parawa on the Southern Fleurieu Peninsula.