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Fox Creek - JSM 2008 / 2008 / Red / 15%

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Appearance: Bright cherry red

Bouquet: The nose reveals an enticing lifted confit of red fruits with cherry, raspberry from the Shiraz components with blackcurrant Cabernet The nose reveals an enticing array of strawberry and cream, vanilla bean and roasted nuts with a herbaceous lift. Integrated mixed brown spice derived from barrel fermentation adds to its complexity.

Palate: A fruit driven mid palate is laden with red cherry, plums and raspberries. The wine has a long, crisp and refreshing finish due to the Cabernets firm and youthful grape tannin framed with elegant and spicy oak. A great drinking wine of complexity and substance.

Awards: Silver Medal (Best in Class), International Wine & Spirit Competition 2010; Silver Medal, Decanter World Wine Awards 2010

Price: £14.95 per bottle

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JSM 2008

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SPECIFICATION

Vineyard
Grape Type(s):	Shiraz/Cabernet
Composition:	73% Shiraz, 19% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Cabernet Franc
Vintage:	2008
Alcohol Content:	15%
Oak:	All grapes matured in 1- 3 yr old French & American barrels for 16 months prior to blending
Ageing Potential:	Up to 5 years gives a softer more complex wine
Winemaker:	Chris Dix and Scott Zrna
Viticulturalist	Nick Wiltshire
Awards:	Silver Medal (Best in Class), International Wine & Spirit Competition 2010; Silver Medal, Decanter World Wine Awards 2010

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Fox Creek

McLaren Vale

Fox Creek wines started when a group of medical professionals decided to realise a lifelong passion and between them and their families. Back in 1984 Jim and Helen Watts bought the 32 hectare Fox Creek Vineyard property and were advised against planting vines as the soils were heavy clay. Undeterred by the sceptics, they selected and planted fine quality cuttings and nurtured the young vines. Their labours bore fruit - extraordinary good quality fruit - that was lovingly converted into supreme quality wines that have enjoyed considerable show success.

Leader of the pack and the first wine made at Fox Creek was their 1994 Shiraz, which won the Trophy for the best wine at the McLaren Vale Wine Show in 1995. In 2003, a new label in a lower price bracket was introduced by Fox Creek named 'Shadow's Run' after the vineyard’s Border Collie, Shadow.

Today, Fox Creek has three vineyards or approximately 60 hectares of vines in McLaren Vale. The vineyards are within a range of 5 kilometres, near the village of Willunga. Fox Creek wines are striving to turn their operation totally organic practises as well as following environmentally friendly and sustainable practises.