The Colonial Estate Alexander Laing 2005

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Description

The Colonial Estate Alexander Laing 2005

Producer: The Colonial Estate

Region/Appellation: Barossa Valley

Country Hierarchy: Barossa, South Australia, Australia

Grape/Blend: Grenache

Wine Style: Red – Rich and Intense

Alcohol Content: 15.5%

1-Bottle: 75cl

Tasting Notes: Jay Miller – “The 2005 Alexander Laing Old Vines Grenache was sourced from 100-year-old vines in the Greenock subregion of Barossa. Dark ruby-colored, it has a complex bouquet of damp earth, sage, smoked herbs, espresso, cassis, and kirsch. Velvety-textured with superb depth, it also has well-concealed tannins which will allow the wine to evolve for another 4-6 years. It has a pure, 45-second finish. This is an outstanding Grenache.”

About The Colonial Estate: 

In the middle 1800’s the Lange family settled from Bavaria in the Barossa Valley. The vineyard that they decided to plant was just off the main road of Nuriootpa. The vines have been dry grown since then and the grapes have gone into the great and good of Australia including “Grange”. Like “Chateau Haut-Brion” the town has grown up around it and it is now an oasis of a vineyard with houses surrounding it.

Exile is 100% sourced from the “Lange” Vineyard, now a part of The Colonial Estate. The single-vineyard wine is made up of old vine Shiraz with some Mourvedre and Muscadelle. The age of some of these vines date back to the 1800’s.

The wine is made in the French fashion – low cropping aided by green harvesting, handpicking into trays, and double-triage on arrival at the winery. The wooden vats – shipped from Cognac in France -appear incongruous in their setting. The wine is picked ripe and, after vinification, poured into pure new French oak.

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Additional information

Weight 1.5 kg