Mount Langi Ghiran Cliff Edge Shiraz
| Winery | Mount Langi Ghiran |
| Appellation | Grampians |
| Wine Style | Full Bodied Red Wine |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Bottle Closure | Stelvin Cap |
| Viticulture | Conventional |
| Alcohol by Volume | 14% |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Ageing Potential from Vintage | < 7 Years |
| Ageing | Old Oak Barrel |
Tasting notes
Full-bodied powerful red wine, deep peony-coloured with bright thick tears. Clenched nose full of black currants and strict spicy evolution with black and Szechuan pepper, black roses and violets. Complex taste, full-bodied with firm yet fleshy ripe tannins and distinctive acids that keep the balance in check, long intense spicy aftertaste. Rich and ripe harmonious taste, with dominance of tannins and acids that guarantee the future, mouth filling and richly perfumed in the retro. Classy wine! Asks for distinguished dishes in which the quality of the meat prevails, preferably long-aged beef and wild game, such as hare and doe, stew of root vegetables with red cabbage and perfumed with Mediterranean herbs. Up to five years, allow to breathe for a few hours in carafe. Serving temperature: 16°C.
Wine Story
Established in 1969, now home to one of Australia’s most iconic cool climate wines, Langi Shiraz. Mount Langi Ghiran – Aboriginal for home of the yellow tailed black cockatoo – is set amongst the dramatic backdrop of the Great Dividing Range in the Grampians region of Victoria, producing iconic cool climate wines. The first vines were planted on the property in the late 1800s at the site which is now our ‘Contour Block’, but it’s when the Fratin family replanted in 1969 that Mount Langi Ghiran really came to be.
The Fratin brothers: Don, Lino and Serge, an Italian immigrant family had a dream of creating a little piece of Veneto here in Australia. In planting their first vines, they created the iconic “Langi” Old Block Shiraz. The brothers continued planting vines adding Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Not satisfied with just grapes, they planted chestnuts, walnuts, hazelnuts and some fruit trees. The cellar they built into the side of the hill was a feast for the senses, the rafters sagging with salami and other smallgoods while stillage racks held the new vintage in barrels.
After some early winemaking success, the Fratins had a misfire with their 1980 vintage and decided they needed the services of a consultant. They were fortunate to have at their doorstep one of the best available at the time, Trevor Mast. Talented and charismatic; he was the right man in the right place.
6 years later, Trevor and his wife Sandra purchased Mount Langi Ghiran with Ian Menzies. A turning point for Mount Langi Ghiran, Trevor had a vision for a cool climate Shiraz before cool climate was in vogue and so the iconic Langi Shiraz was just around the corner.