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| Punters Corner's winemaker, Peter Bissell. | Our Spartacus Reserve Shiraz. | |
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| Hayley Muir, Punters Corner's new marketing manager. | Sue Hood, Punters Corner's Cellar Door manager. |
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CABERNET WEEKEND Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations and Barrel Series 12 Auction This event is not to be missed!! Now in its thirteenth year, the Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations showcases and celebrates the sheer quality of Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon and the craftsmanship of the region’s winemaking community. This year marks the return of the ever-popular Barrel Series Auction. The 2008 vintage is prime and will be ready to go under the hammer on October 18, 2009. Alongside the Brunch, the silent auction is sure to entice you to take home a little piece of Coonawarra! Wineries throughout the region will be hosting over 40 cellar door events during the weekend with five main events hosted by the Coonawarra Vignerons Association. These events are as follows:
RETROSPECTIVE BARREL SERIES TASTING
LIMESTONE COAST WINE SHOW Punters Corner received several medals and one TROPHY this year. Our 2007 Chardonnay received a TROPHY for Best Individual Vineyard Wine. Our 2005 Spartacus Reserve Shiraz and 2007 Chardonnay both received GOLD. For a full list of Punters Corner awards, click here.
SOVEREIGN WINS GOLD The 2005 & 2006 Sovereign Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon have both received GOLD at the Winewise Small Vigneron Awards. For a full listing of the awards, please click here.
HYATT/ADVERTISER WINE OF THE YEAR Punters Corner came Runners Up in the Consumer Section with the 2004 Sovereign Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. Here are the results from the latest round of awards:
James Halliday - 2009 Wine Companion Once again, Punters Corner received a 5 Star rating, which puts us in the top 12.5% of wineries in Australia. Sovereign Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 Mocha and blackcurrant aromas; complex and a touch of mint on the palate; very long, and quite fleshy on the finish. Rating 94 To 2016 Spartacus Reserve Shiraz 2005 Rich black fruits with plenty of depth and length; balanced oak and tannins. Rating 94 To 2018 Coonawarra Shiraz 2005 Lively fruits, ranging from red cherry and plum through to blackberry; has freshness and elegance. Rating 90 To 2015 Single Vineyard Coonawarra Chardonnay 2006 A rich and ripe bouquet with melon and fig; good flavour on the palate with oak evident on the finish. Rating 90 To 2012 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 A powerful, medium-to-full-bodied palate, with a mix of dusty and riper blackcurant fruits supported by positive oak. Rating 92 To 2018 Triple Crown 2005 A light-to-medium-bodied palate, with a lively mix of red fruits, mint and leaf; fine tannins; early maturing style. Rating 88 To 2012
PUNTERS CORNER WINS GOLD AT WINEWISE WINE SHOW: The Punters Corner 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon and the 2003 Spartacus Reserve Shiraz received Gold at the Winewise Wine Show. The 2004 Sovereign Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon also won Silver. A full list of our awards can be viewed on our Awards Page. BARREL SERIES: Punters Corner Wines 2004 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Barrel sold for an amazing $33,198.75 at the 9th Annual Barrel Series Auction on Sunday 16th October 2005. The price was not only the highest paid on the day (the runner up being $24,118.75) but also becomes the record price ever paid for a barrel since the Barrel Series auctions commenced in 1997. Once bottling and packaging have been finalised, 10 cases of the wine will be headed to Melbourne and the other 10 cases to Queensland. Tim White from the Financial Review described the wine as "Dark and fruitcakey smell, cedary with flake tobacco, ultra slick tangy currants, very Coonawarra. Long and mouth watering to close 94/100. Campbell Mattinson from the Winefront Monthly said "Distinguished, distinctive, a rock in its own place. Soy, salt, blackcurrant and lead - fascinatingly perfumed - it carves through your mouth like a tannin master, leaving fruit and acid in its wake. A polarising style, I suspect. I like it 90/100". The wine was made by contract winemaker Peter Bissell who recently won the Qantas/Gourmet Traveller WINE, Winemaker of the Year Award.
PETER BISSELL: was described as a 'winemaking magician' by Andrew Caillard MW when he took out the title of the Qantas/Gourmet Traveller WINE 2005 Winemaker of the year "he belongs to an enlightened movement of winemakers who see Coonawarra as an intricate palette of regional colour".
HAYLEY MUIR: Hayley began work with us at the beginning of October 2005 as our new Marketing Manager in the Melbourne office. Hayley has a degree in Graphic Design and has worked in the design industry in both Melbourne and London for the past eight years. She has won several industry awards for her work. She is looking forward to producing some long overdue promotional material and will be taking part in the Everwise wine tours to Hong Kong and China. Please contact Hayley on 03 9670 7900 for any marketing queries.
TOP 100 WINES: Punters Corner 2002 Spartacus Reserve Shiraz was awarded a Gold Medal and a Blue Gold Medal in the Sydney International Wine Show. The wine was selected in the TOP 100 Wines in the wineshow where 2000 wines from 13 differenct countries around the world were tasted. This now places the Spartacus in a truly international wine market.
HALLIDAY'S TOP 100: Punters Corner Spartacus 2002 Reserve Shiraz was selected in James Halliday's TOP 100 wines in the Weekend Australian on November 20th 2004. James Halliday said "This year's has been the most memorable of all Top 100 tastings. The high point was the 2002 vintage, which right across southeast Australia produced superb red wines in seemingly endless volumes" The Spartacus was rated 96points and James Halliday said of the wine 'While the 2002 vintage was good in Coonawarra, it was better elsewhere in South Australia, but you wouldn't know that looking at this wine. Deeply coloured, the potent, penetrating bouquet leads into lusciously abundant mid-palate blackberry and spice, balanced by fine tannins and faintly smoky oak on the finish. |
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