ECHO DE LYNCH BAGES Second Wine of Chateau Lynch-Bages, Pauillac

Chateau Beau-Site is a historic Chateau that dates back to the 18th century. The name Beau Site can be translated to a beautiful site. Part of its beauty comes from its stellar views of the Gironde estuary. Since 1955, the vineyard had been owned by the well-known, popular and powerful Casteja family. This Cru Bourgeeois is famous for delivering outstanding value and offering wines that can be enjoyed without extended cellaring.

In 1964 Jim Barry purchased 28ha of prime vineyard land in the Armagh district from Duncan McRae Wood. Shiraz was the first variety planted, and the McRae Wood property was the foundation of Barrys red wine production. The McRae Wood Shiraz in an unabashedly bold Clare Valley red thats big with plenty of oaky backbone. Black and red forest fruits (think cherry and plum) with a touch of vanilla and spice, its incredibly concentrated with a long, pleasing finish.

The flagship wine from Fox Creek is a muscular McLaren Vale number, Langtons Classified Excellent and built to go the journey in the cellar. Its fruit is sourced from four sub-regions of McLaren Vale, its oak painstakingly chosen to complement the individual parcels of fruit, and the finished wine manages both intensity and finesse.

Inspired by the finer end of the red Burgundy spectrum, Tasmania has the cool climate and conditions to produce some of the best Pinot in the country, and the winemakers at Freycinet know it. Their flagship wine has all the hallmarks of cool climate, Tasmania Pinot concentration, complexity and great length. The vines are managed with a diligence which borders on obsession. The fruit is hand picked at harvest, lightly crushed and destemmed before fermentation with small quantities of whole bunch fruit. The resulting wine shows dark red fruit, spice and a subtle profile of game and truffle.