Charles Melton Grains of Paradise 2013

Charles Melton Grains of Paradise is a premium Barossa Shiraz drawn from the estate's Krondorf and Rowland Flat vineyards, released here with bottle age.

Charles Melton is a family winery on Krondorf Road in the Barossa Valley, founded in 1984 by Graeme 'Charlie' Melton and run with his wife Virginia. Grains of Paradise is a Shiraz from two parts of the southern Barossa: the home vineyard at Krondorf, south of Tanunda, and Rowland Flat, a little further south on the valley floor near the North Para River. Both districts have red-brown soils over clay and warm, dry summers that ripen Shiraz fully, and old dry-grown vines contribute concentration. The wine is matured in oak barrels and bottled under screwcap. This release has spent an extended period in bottle, allowing the dense fruit and firm tannins of youth to integrate into a more complex, savoury wine.

A powerful, full-bodied Shiraz for roast rib of beef or game; serve at around 17 to 18 degrees.

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