Charles Melton Nine Popes GSM 2017 (Barossa Valley)
Charles Melton Nine Popes GSM 2017 (Barossa Valley)
Dozen Price: $1139.88
Charles Melton Nine Popes 2017 vintage has a little toasty flint opening. Quietly sweet, not exuberant but with a real density of aromatic. A hint of anise or liquorice. A generous, but fine, sweetly structured and flavour attack into the mouth. The sweet fruit floods across your tongue but is interlaced with herbs and spices. Let it sit on your tongue for a moment while you differentiate the flavour components and then think about where you would find these flavours, a salty sea breeze with a view, or perhaps a long lunch looking into the village square with the smells of the local market.
Wine Specifications
Wine Specifications
Variety: Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre (GSM)
Size: 750mL
Region: Barossa Valley
ABV: 14.5%
Vintage: 2017
Winery & Vintage Info
Since the first vintage of Charles Melton Wines in 1984, this small Barossa Valley winery has gained both national and international recognition for its fine red table wines.
The wines move from a light red, ‘The Rose of Virginia’ through to Australia’s premier Rhone-style red, ‘Nine Popes’. Charlie Melton also makes small quantities of Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sparkling Shiraz, and is the only Australian producer of a vin-santo styled dessert wine, Sotto di Ferro.
Charlie was one of the first to recognize the value and tradition of the Barossa’s old vineyard Grenache, Shiraz and Mataro. At a time when others were pulling out vineyards of Shiraz to plant more fashionable varieties, Charlie was convincing farmers to keep their historic vineyards. He was one of a small group of winemakers who helped retain the viticultural heritage of the Barossa.
Charles Melton Nine Popes 2017 was finished in 100% new French oak puncheons for 60% of the blend. The wine to wood ratio has given the wine a delicate and subtle effect which is exactly what the winemakers were wanting, rather than a big hit.
You may also like...
-
G.H.Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut Accordion Gift Box Champagne NV 750mL
Regular price $59.99Regular priceUnit price / per$64.99Sale price $59.99Sale -
Kalleske Moppa Shiraz 2023 (Barossa Valley)
Regular price $25.99Regular priceUnit price / per$28.99Sale price $25.99Sale -
Best's Wines Great Western Blanc De Noir 2024
Regular price $26.99Regular priceUnit price / per$29.99Sale price $26.99Sale -
Veuve Clicquot La Grande Dame 2015 Champagne (France)
Regular price $299.99Regular priceUnit price / per$349.99Sale price $299.99Sale -
Philip Shaw The Architect Chardonnay 2024
Regular price $20.99Regular priceUnit price / per$23.99Sale price $20.99Sale -
Joseph Drouhin Beaujolais Villages 2022
Regular price $32.99Regular priceUnit price / per$36.99Sale price $32.99Sale -
Louis Roederer Champagne Vintage 2015 (France)
Regular price $149.99Regular priceUnit price / per$159.99Sale price $149.99Sale -
Louis Roederer Collection 244 Brut Champagne
Regular price $89.99Regular priceUnit price / per$99.99Sale price $89.99Sale -
Schild Estate Shiraz 2022 (Barossa Valley)
Regular price $19.99Regular priceUnit price / per$22.99Sale price $19.99Sale -
Beresford Emblem Fiano 2024 (McLaren Vale)
Regular price $24.99Regular priceUnit price / per$26.99Sale price $24.99Sale -
De Bortoli Pale & Dry Rosé Rosé 2024 (King Valley)
Regular price $14.99Regular priceUnit price / per$16.99Sale price $14.99Sale -
Mollydooker Velvet Glove Shiraz 2021
Regular price $224.99Regular priceUnit price / per$229.99Sale price $224.99Sale -
Innocent Bystander Pinot Gris 2024 (King & Yarra Valley)
Regular price $19.99Regular priceUnit price / per$21.99Sale price $19.99Sale -
Best's Great Western Bin No. 0 Shiraz 2021
Regular price $79.99Regular priceUnit price / per$84.99Sale price $79.99Sale -
Tamburlaine Organic Preservative Free Rosé 2023
Regular price $16.99Regular priceUnit price / per$17.99Sale price $16.99Sale