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Mount Langi Ghiran Billi Billi Shiraz 2003
A charmingly spicy and early-drinking shiraz with generosity, softness and structure. Its meaty and slightly peppery scents of dark cherries and cassis reveal musky undertones of cloves and cinnamon, dark chocolate and cedar/vanilla oak. There’s also a suggestion of earth and leather. Smooth and peppery, with pleasingly persistent fruit supported by sweet oak and fine tannins, it finishes soft and savoury.
Vintage
2003
Peak years to drink
2005 - 2008
Jeremy's score
87 / 100
Seal type
Screw top
Mount Langi Ghiran Billi Billi Shiraz
Victoria
Price Range at Release: $12-$19
Vintage: 2017
Alc %: 13.0
$ Rel: 18
A charmingly spicy and early-drinking shiraz with generosity, softness and structure. Its meaty and slightly peppery scents of dark cherries and cassis reveal musky undertones of cloves and cinnamon, dark chocolate and cedar/vanilla oak. There's also a suggestion of earth and leather. Smooth and peppery, with pleasingly persistent fruit supported by sweet oak and fine tannins, it finishes soft and savoury.
Last Date Tasted: 14/8/2019
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Vintage
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Score/100
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Score/20
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Year To Drink
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2017
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80 | 14.5 | 2019-2022  |
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2014
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82 | 15.0 | 2016-2019 |
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2013
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88 | 16.5 | 2015-2018+ |
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2011
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82 | 14.9 | 2013-2016 |
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2009
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87 | 16.3 | 2011-2014+ |
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2008
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85 | 15.6 | 2010-2013 |
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2006
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90 | 17.0 | 2011-2014 |
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2005
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87 | 16.2 | 2007-2010 |
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2004
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84 | 15.3 | 2005-2006+ |
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2003
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87 | 16.1 | 2005-2008 |
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2002
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82 | 15.0 | 2004-2007 |
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2001
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83 | 15.2 | 2003-2006+ |
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2000
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92 | 17.8 | 2005-2008 |
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1999
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86 | 15.8 | 2001-2004 |
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1998
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82 | 15.0 | 2000-2003 |
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Winery
Mount Langi Ghiran
Mount Langi Ghiran is a profoundly important winery and vineyard. Founded by the Fratin brothers, it was brought into the spotlight by a legend in Victorian winemaking, Trevor Mast, who succumbed to a long illness in 2012. Today it's part of the Rathbone Wine Group, which has invested heavily in its processing and visitor facilities. Its flagship Langi Shiraz is sourced from the late-ripening and unusually cool site on the slopes on an extinct volcano in western Victoria. In stress-free years like 2012 this site can produce fruit of extraordinary intensity and complexity, with classic regional notes of black pepper. Also delivering a superbly spicy and elegant wine from 2012, the Cliff Edge Shiraz is a very worthy second string to the company's bow. The rieslings are stylistically somewhat apart from the Australian mainstream but reflect Trevor Mast's lifelong and Germanic obsession with this white variety.
Chief Executive(s):
Darren Rathbone
Winemaker:
Ben Haines, Jessica Robertson
Viticulturist:
Damien Sheehan
Production Dozen:
60000
Tonnes Processed:
300
White Wines
Botrytis Riesling
Chardonnay
Cliff Edge Pinot Gris >Cliff Edge Riesling >Cliff Edge Riesling #2
Langi Riesling >Pinot Gris
Talus Riesling >Red Wines
Billi Billi Shiraz >
Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
Cliff Edge Shiraz >Hollows Shiraz >Langi Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
Langi Shiraz >Mast Shiraz >Nowhere Creek Vineyard Shiraz
Robinson Vineyard Shiraz
Talus Shiraz >The Gap Vineyard Shiraz
Address:
80 Vine Road , Bayindeen , Victoria 3375 Australia
Cellar Door Open Hours:
7 days, Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm, Weekends & Public Holidays 10am - 5pm
Principal Wine Region:
Grampians
Telephone:
(03) 5354 3207
Facsimile:
(03) 5354 3277
Website:
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