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This Clare Valley array of wines is one of the best of the a lot of in the former BERINGER BLASS Australian stable now owned by Treasury Wine Estates (formerly identified as Fosters). Named immediately after Annie Wayman, a neighborhood personality in the late 19th/early 20th century, the wines were previously created at the historic Quelltaler winery but are now manufactured at the extraordinary Wolf BLASS facilities in the Barossa. The wines glow with fruit and are complete and ripe with very good balance and varietal expression. As may possibly be expected for Clare Valley, Riesling and Shiraz specifically shine, as does Shiraz/Grenache/ Mourvèdre mix that is made up of all-around 50% Shiraz. The premium Copper Trail Shiraz Annie's Lane Winery is manufactured in open fermenters from unirrigated vines with component of the wine acquiring an extended maceration prior to two years’ ageing in mainly French oak barrels. The Riesling, the ideal value of the great deal, harnesses wonderful Clare Valley fruit which is checked by good acidity but like all the whites must be drunk young. Reds are greater with three years’ ageing or far more but will preserve considerably longer.

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