Peter Lehmann Masters 8 Songs Barossa Valley Shiraz

Region: Barossa, South Australia

Vintage: 2021

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Shiraz

ABV: 14.5%

Notes: Vegetarian

This wine is deep bright red in colour. The nose displays aromas of ripe plums alongside notes of sweet dark chocolate, coffee and warm spices. On the palate it is rich and full-bodied with concentrated flavours of chocolate and sweet spices supported by soft, velvety tannins.

Grapes for this Shiraz were sourced from old, low yielding vineyards in the Light Pass, Nuriootpa and Bethany districts of the Barossa Valley. Eight Songs for A Mad King was one of Peter Lehmanns favourite vocal ensemble musical works, loved for its soft harmonies, inspiring Peter to emulate their art in a wine unlike anything else he had made before. ‘Eight Songs’ was first made in 1996 with the aim of producing a decisively soft and stylish style of Barossa wine.

Peter Lehmann started his own winery in 1979, partly as a means of helping with the glut of grapes then afflicting the Barossa. “I’ll take your grapes and turn them into wine,” he told the desperate growers, many of them conservative farmers of Silesian descent who regarded their old vines as part of their patrimony. “But I’ll only be able to pay you when I sell the wine.” They gratefully accepted. Without this deal, it is widely thought that the Barossa would have lost a huge chunk of its old vines. Crafted by the next generation of Peter Lehmann winemakers, The Barossan range highlights the outstanding fruit sourced from the many fabled sub-regions across the Barossa Valley.

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