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Wirra Wirra McLaren Vale Church Block 2020
Church Block is an Australian classic: a great full-bodied blend of cabernet, shiraz and merlot with blackberry and black-pepper flavours. If you have time, decanting this will really bring it to life.
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Code: AU25151
Wine characteristics
- Red Wine
- Full-bodied
- Cabernet Shiraz
- 75cl
- Now to 2029
- 14.5% Alcohol
- oak used but not v. noticeable
- Screwcap
- Vegetarian
Wirra Wirra Vineyards
Although the great Greg Trott died in 2005, and although he isn’t actually the original founder of the estate, it is still his philosophies, values and lifestyle that are richly integrated into everything Wirra Wirra stands for today. His maxim was: 'Never give misery an even break, nor bad wine a second sip. You must be serious about quality, dedicated to your task in life… but this should all be fun.'
Wirra Wirra, an Aboriginal name meaning ‘amongst the gum trees’, was in fact founded long before Greg Trott was born. The estate was established by Robert Strangways Wigley in 1894, just 4km south-east of the township of McLaren Vale, and within just seven years he had planted 100 acres of vines in this rapidly emerging wine region. He made the winery one of the most important and respected in the region, even exporting his wines to England, but when he died in 1924 the 240-acre estate was sold by his family, and went into a state of disrepair.
It wasn’t until 1969, when chicken farmer Greg Trott and his cousin Roger purchased this McLaren Vale site, that it began to come back to life. Such was the state of the land that the cousins made their first wine in the open air amidst the ruins.
Together, they rebuilt the winery using local materials, and replanted the vines in the sunny McLaren Vale, with its warm Mediterranean climate and moderating influence from the sea. A benefit of the climate here is the unlikelihood of any rainfall during the harvest season, meaning there is...
Rotherham & South Yorkshire Advertiser
Read moreAn organic and biodynamic blend of cabernet, shiraz and merlot with blackberry and black pepper flavours. The Church Block is named after a small parcel of vines next to the 19th century church at...