Picked to Multi-clonal perfection
By Kim Maxwell
Published: January 2009
Launching a wine label in a saturated market is tricky. Shannon Vineyards researched clones and picking times for their own wines by supplying boutique winemakers. KIM MAXWELL reckons the seven-year wait was worthwhile.
3 Top tipples
By Alan Mullins, Taste Woolworths
Published January/ February 2009
Shannon Vineyards caused a stir at Cape Wine 2008. Alan Mullins samples some of the new Elgin Valley winery’s stellar elixirs.
A Sauvignon well worth the wait
By Jean-Pierre Rossouw, Cape Times
Published: Friday, 9 January 2009
It’s not going to be long before we’ll be tasting the new whites of 2009, and strange to think that many of the sauvignon blancs of 2008 are already nearly a year old.
Shannon Vineyards to become Cult Winery
By The Vineyard Connection
Published: May 2009
The great thing about the South African winelands is that, around every corner, you are bound to find something new and exciting – and how the adrenaline pumped when we tasted the new wines from Shannon Vineyards in Elgin recently.
Old Mutual Trophy Wine Show 2009: Quest for Terroir-driven wines
Author: Michael Fridjhon
Published: 01 Jun 09
THE GREAT FRENCH OENOLOGIST Jacques Puisais used to remark that a good wine was one which expressed "the guts of the place and whoever had made it." It was in the flavours - and in the emotions they evoked - that such wines conveyed a sense of the countryside, of the light, and of the soil that produced them.
Shannon Vineyards Mount Bullet 2007
By The Vineyards Connection
Published: June 2009
Form cool-climate Elgin. This 100% Merlot truly knocked our socks off when tasted for the first time recently. This has to one of the best Merlot's in South Africa without a doubt. The textured richness of the tannins and beautiful balance between acid and fruit, makes it more international in style. This will make any Pomerol or Saint Emillion sit up and take notice. Bravo! Only 10 Barrels made. Drink Now until 2015.
Elegant in Elgin
Published: Jun 21, 2009
The life of a wine writer is not all beer and skittles. Sometimes there’s real danger and mud.
The new World’s most exciting New Terroirs (and the wines to prove it)
By John Platter
Published: July 2009
As regionality continues to emerge in the New World, we asked our leading experts in each country to pick out the single most exciting terroir to look out for and the three wines from each to prove it. |
