Download 1997 Eight Songs Shiraz.p65

1997
A King, a composer, an artist and a winemaker
- A tribute to the Art of Wine Today the Barossa is the repository of some of the world’s oldest Shiraz vines, and with an understanding of
their flavour subtleties we set out to make another expression of Shiraz. As a result Eight Songs Shiraz is
fermented and matured only in French oak to give a soft, regal elegant Barossa Shiraz.
The naming of this rare old vine Barossa Shiraz comes from the entwined story of England’s ‘Mad King’
George III, the operatic collaboration of composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and poet Randolph Stow, and
the suite of eight paintings of artist Rod Schubert , who was inspired by the 1993 Barossa Music Festival
performance of “Eight Songs for a Mad King”.
Rod Schuberts’ works which so graphically depict King George’s struggle with madness have pride of place
in the Peter Lehmann Cellar Door. These paintings are the labels for the wine and explain why there are but
eight bottles to a case!
Eight Songs Shiraz expresses Peter Lehmann’s passions in life – great Barossa Shiraz, fine painting, music
and the joys of the Barossa Music Festival!
1997 Eight Songs Shiraz Tasting Notes
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Attractive deep garnet hue
A pleasing integration of dark cherries with French oak smokiness
Satin smooth flavours of plum and chocolate enveloped in French oak
characters of vanillan/nutmeg. It has a rich middle palate and finishes long
with subtle fine-grained tannin.
Barossa Valley old vines
Fermented in and thence matured for 2 years in new French oak hogsheads.
1997 was an excellent red wine vintage in the Barossa, giving red wines of
opulence and depth.
14.0%