PRODUCTION
Sourced from four long term growers of premium Shiraz; Schrapel, Hampel, Gladigau and Grope
planted in the Ebenezer and Light Pass districts. Fruit for the Black Queen is selected based on a silky
tannin profile and sweet red berry fruit expression. Fermented on skins for 10 days, pressed, clarified
and then matured for 12 months in older French oak hogsheads. The base wine was then bottle fermented and aged on its yeast lees for 36 months. After disgorgement, a small percentage of The
King Vintage Port was used as expedition liqueur to build complexity and enhance the rich Christmas
cake fruit characters.
TASTING NOTE
Deep crimson in colour with red and purple hues. Lifted chocolate, vanilla, dark fruits and a touch of
Christmas cake on the nose. Soft supple and silky tannins, the wine is abundant in rich dark blue fruits
with a lovely mouth filling generosity. Gentle beading and delicate, soft mousse makes the palate
luscious. A brooding, savoury dark chocolate backbone of flavour balances with sweet perfumed oak
notes leading to a great length of blackberry jam and satsuma plum conserve. The fruit sweetness is
apparent, but balanced by the complexity of fruit-weight and time spent on tirage prior to
disgorgement.
FOOD MATCH
This wine can be enjoyed at multiple times of day- accompanied at breakfast by a bacon and egg roll
doused in tomato sauce- at lunchtime with Turkey and cranberry sauce, or dessert time with a dark and
creamy chocolate mousse or brownies and whipped cream.
