Beelgara Winery Estate Shiraz 2015
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Enjoy with richer foods such as roast beef or mushroom risotto.
The Beelgara Winery has a history that dates back over 80 years; Italian immigrants originally built it in 1930. The winery is near the village of Beelbangera, which is in the Riverina and one Australia’s largest grape growing regions. The name Beelgara is taken from the original name “Beelgara Vineyards” which is the proud and historical name for the vineyard sites that surround the winery even today.
An extensive expansion and upgrading program has been undertaken since 2001 with a major additional focus on operational efficiency, functionality, amenity and quality. This extensive capital expenditure program has been undertaken to improve the winery layout, upgrade plant and equipment and streamline the winery and packaging processes.
Being located in the Riverina Wine District of NSW, the winery has a rich resource in local quality fruit but also sources cool climate parcels of wine from across Australia, including Hilltops, Clare, Adelaide Hills, Watervale, Coonawarra and Yarra Valley to build a truly Australian brand offering across its premium wine ranges. Beelgara’s wines range from affordable to premium price points.
Wines are made by Rod Hooper, an accomplished winemaker with over 30 vintages to his name. A graduate of Roseworthy Agricultural College with a Bachelor of Oenology, Rod gained international winemaking experience with vintages in California, France and Germany. He has worked as winemaker for Penfold’s, Hardy’s, Goundrey and Leasingham.
Marked by an unmistakable deep purple hue and savory aromatics, Syrah makes an intense, powerful and often age-worthy red. Native to the Northern Rhône, Syrah achieves its maximum potential in the steep village of Hermitage and plays an important component in the Red Rhône Blends of the south, adding color and structure to Grenache and Mourvèdre. Syrah is the most widely planted grape of Australia and is important in California and Washington. Sommelier Secret—Such a synergy these three create together, the Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre trio often takes on the shorthand term, “GSM.”
The birthplace of Australian wine but also fast to embrace innovation, New South Wales is full of historic wine regions as well as some of the nation’s most contemporary producers. Along the entire western side of the Great Dividing Range, New South Wales includes the famous wine regions of Hunter Valley, Mudgee, Orange, Hilltops, Canberra and Riverina.