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THE OPPORTUNIST SHIRAZ

The Opportunist Shiraz 

Langhorne Creek
We’ve all got a mate who, despite the calamities befalling everyone else, always lands with his bum in the butter. When everyone else sees doom and gloom, The Opportunist sees blue skies and sunshine. Love him or hate him, The Opportunist always comes out on top.
Wild & Wilder The Opportunist Shiraz
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Tasting 
An aromatic bouquet of ripe fruits, cherries and blackcurrants, with notes of freshly ground coffee, dark chocolate, peppermint, liquorice and subtle pepper. Thick and smooth with good balanced fruit weight.

Suitable for vegetarians and vegans. 
Points & Awards

  • 93 points (Excellent) - Wine Pilot 


  • 93pts - Wine Orbit
  • 91pts - Wine Pilot (Ray Jordan)

  • 93 points - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit

  • BEST BUY & 90 points Wines & Spirits Magazine
  • 91 points The Real Review

'Deep, bright purple/red colour. The aroma is spicy, talcy, young and nascent, the palate medium to full-bodied and fleshy, with layers of soft, fine tannins. The fruit is intense, concentrated and dense, with lovely fleshy texture and long, long carry.'

  • 93 points - Sam Kim, Wine Orbit 
  • 90  points - The Wine Advocate

  • Bronze Medal - International Wine Challenge, 2015
  • 91 points & Best Buy - Josh Greene, Wine & Spirits US: "Light and just luscious enough to surround all its of its spicy, cuminedged acidity in sour cherry and plum-pit flavours, as cool as a forest floor."

Viticulture
Langhorne Creek is low lying and floods during the winter which provides a natural soil profile moisture which mitigates against having to over irrigate during the growing season. Cover crops grown to stop soil erosion, provide nitrogen rich soils.
Produced from fruit grown on properties owned by Langhorne Creek stalwarts, Brett Cleggett and George Borrett. Vines are 25 years old, VSP/ spur pruned, on red brown sandy loams with clay base, some quartz and limestone. 
Winemaking
As for all of our wines, the fruit for the Opportunist is picked on the way up to ripeness rather than on the way down. This way we achieve freshness and energy but not at the expense of flavour. We retain as many whole berries as possible to increase vibrancy and succulence. Winemaking is simple and is followed by 8 months on oak to increase texture and varietal expression.

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