Seppelt St Peters Great Western Vineyards Shiraz 1996

Seppelt St Peters Great Western Vineyards Shiraz 1996Released in small quantities and only in exceptional years, St Peters Shiraz is Seppelt's flagship wine, testimony to the distinctive style and pedigree of Grampians Shiraz. The first vintage of this iconic wine was released in 1964 as Seppelt Great Western Hermitage and the name changed to St Peters in 1998 in honour of the historic St Peters vineyard which was the first vineyard planted in the region in 1863. With extraordinary cellaring potential

The theme of bright fruit characters continues on the palate

The Australian - 95 points

a whopping 200 kilometres from east to west and 100km from north to south

It will be a slow-burner

because we are farming a certain way I can’t say

admittedly in a pretty empty bottle (see notes on St Henri above) had opened out considerably to show a much more complex bouquet than any of the other wines here

There are layers of red and dark berries intermixed with spices

' Maurice and his brother Georges had hoped they could attempt to salvage the buried wines by tunnelling into the rubble

I'm a fan of Seppelt Great Western and a fan of that glorious old St Peters vineyard in particular

barrel hall

the label may specify "Barolo del Comune di Barolo" or "Barolo del Comune di La Morra" and so on

but guaranteeing a 20-year drinking window