Lot # 746
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kay bros amery
KAY BROS AMERY Block 6 Old Vine Shiraz, McLaren Vale 2003 Bottle
1 * Bottle
About this wine
Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz is a very powerful, concentrated cellaring style with plenty of fruit richness, chocolaty tannins and underlying malty oak. The 1.6 hectare Block 6, which forms part of the Kay Brother's larger 22 hectare Amery Vineyards, was originally a "pumpkin patch" of old bush vines. The Block 6 fruit is batch-vinified in three to five tonne traditional open fermenters originally built by the Kay Brothers in 1895/6. Some parcels are hand plunged while others are fermented under header boards. At completion of fermentation the wine is drained and basket pressed into a combination of one-third each new, one year old and two year old American and Eastern European oak. Maturation takes place for around 18 to 24 months before assemblage and bottling under screw cap.
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Wine Details
Variety/Varieties
Shiraz
Vintage
2003
Classification and Scores
Classification
None
Taste Profile
Style
Red Wine
Winery and Region
Country
Australia
Region
McLaren Vale
State / Province
South Australia
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ABOUT THE WINERY
Kay’s Amery Vineyards
Kay Brothers Amery Vineyards are located in the haunches of the Southern Mt. Lofty Ranges in the Seaview sub region of McLaren Vale. The farm was established in the early 1850s by Richard Baker Aldersey and named after his birthplace in Hampshire, England. Seven acres of vines were planted in 1886.
In 1890 the Amery property was purchased by Herbert and Frederick Kay, who, with cuttings from Hardy’s Tintara, set about planting “25,800 Shiraz, 5,000 Riesling, 10,000 Cabernet” on the relatively fertile mosaic of red loams, heavy clays and gravelly alluvial soils ironstone gravel. A gravitational winery was built into a hillside using the latest designs available in 1895. First vintage was 1896.
Third generation family member Colin Kay, who took over from his father Cud (Cuthbert) as winemaker in 1970 has gradually built up Kay’s Amery as one of the most important small wineries in McLaren Vale. With a strong and remarkable heritage and wonderful resources, Kay’s Amery has established itself again as one of McLaren Vales leading wineries.
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