The Baptista Shiraz reflects the intensity expected from these low yielding vines. It is matured for 15 months in new French Nevers and American Oak, followed by a further 3 years bottle age before release. A wine of fully ripened fruit yet with restrained flavours and a powerful structure of tannin and oak that still has elegance and finesse. Cellaring is recommended as is decanting prior to enjoying one of the best Shiraz from Victoria.
Baptista Heathcote. Baptista - Ancient Vines
Baptista Governa arrived in Nagambie
in the 1870’s from northern Italy and began plying his trade as a cobbler,
later to become the owner of a “wine saloon”; as well as a significant
businessman in the timber industry in the region stretching to Heathcote. With
an interest in the “fruit of the vine” he purchased a property adjacent to
Major’s Creek at Graytown and in 1891 received a bounty from the government of
the day to plant vines
Located on fertile well-drained
alluvial loam soils underlain by ironstone gravels has meant that these vines
have been able to flourish and produce continually since planting. With a
relatively shallow water table and being on grafted vine stock ensures that
even in warm dry summer conditions the vines are not at risk physiologically
and continue to ripen fruit of the finest flavour and balance. Because of these
benign conditions the vineyard is managed with minimal inputs with attention
focused on ultimate quality.
David purchased the vineyard in 1993,
after sourcing fruit from the vineyard from 1988 onwards. After a period of
rejuvenation the first Baptista Shiraz was bottled in 1996 – being 2 barriques
of wine bottled in Magnums, which are still cellaring.
Baptista Heathcote. Baptista - Ancient Vines
Baptista Governa arrived in Nagambie
in the 1870’s from northern Italy and began plying his trade as a cobbler,
later to become the owner of a “wine saloon”; as well as a significant
businessman in the timber industry in the region stretching to Heathcote. With
an interest in the “fruit of the vine” he purchased a property adjacent to
Major’s Creek at Graytown and in 1891 received a bounty from the government of
the day to plant vines
Located on fertile well-drained
alluvial loam soils underlain by ironstone gravels has meant that these vines
have been able to flourish and produce continually since planting. With a
relatively shallow water table and being on grafted vine stock ensures that
even in warm dry summer conditions the vines are not at risk physiologically
and continue to ripen fruit of the finest flavour and balance. Because of these
benign conditions the vineyard is managed with minimal inputs with attention
focused on ultimate quality.
David purchased the vineyard in 1993,
after sourcing fruit from the vineyard from 1988 onwards. After a period of
rejuvenation the first Baptista Shiraz was bottled in 1996 – being 2 barriques
of wine bottled in Magnums, which are still cellaring.
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