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2007 Great Western Bin O Shiraz

Best’s Great Western ‘Bin 0’ Shiraz 2007

Shiraz has been produced at Best’s Great Western since the late 1800s, although the actual date of the first Bin 0 Shiraz is lost in the annuals of time. What is certain is that Bin 0 as a descriptor on the wine label has been in use for over 100 years. Best’s Bin 0 Shiraz is produced from Best’s oldest plantings and selected from the lowest yielding blocks of the historic Concongella vineyards at Great Western. This includes nineteenth century and mid twentieth century plantings of Shiraz which result in very low yielding, intense vines. The fruit is hand-selected, sorted and fermented in small-batches followed by rigorous barrel selection.

Bin 0 is made to be an age worthy style and has been the undisputed icon of the Great Western shiraz style for many decades. It is internationally acclaimed as one of Australia’s great Shiraz wines.

The esteemed Langton’s Classification of Australian Wine regards Bin 0 as one of Australia’s most important wines including it with only a handful of other great wines in the ”Distinguished” category.

Bin 0 2007 won a gold medal at Royal Melbourne Wine Show 2009.

Technical Details

Region : Great Western, Victoria

Grape Variety : Shiraz

Alcohol : 13.7%

Winemaker :Adam Wadewitz

Tasting Notes

Colour
 Deep, intense purple
 Bouquet Classic cool climate fresh red fruits and pepper

Palate

Tight and linear, a total reflection of the low yielding, vintage. Intense, with layers of varietal fruit and complexity, excellent tannin structure and a pure finish.

 Cellaring
 Will reward both short term to long term cellaring (20 years+) for those who can resist.

Vintage

 An early, hot, drought season for Great Western with frosting and yield decimation throughout the district. A total of 5.8 tonnes of Shiraz was harvested from the Best’s estates.