Fox Creek JSM Shiraz Cabernet Franc 2001

Fox Creek JSM Shiraz Cabernet Franc 2001Trophy, Best Red Wine Blend 2002 McLaren Vale Wine Show Gold Medal 2002 McLaren Vale Wine Show Fox Creek Wines was established in 1984 when Helen and Dr Jim Watts purchased a 32 hectare property on Malpas Road in McLaren Vale. The JSM blend was first produced in 1995 and is a blend of Shiraz, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Shiraz components were selected for fruit richness and elegance, Cabernet Sauvignon for ripe round tannins and length and

One is the Nebbiolo Langhe Rosso (from the young vines) and the other the Barolo Vigna Rionda Rosso (from the old vines)

The production zone is tiny

and in some cases Barbaresco

The farm was already home to grapes (originally planted in the 1980s) and cider-apple trees

making some of them around 40 years old

Today Dom Pérignon is part of the Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) empire owned by France’s richest man

and its balance between fruit flavour and complex tannin is impeccable

Fruity tones

"The whisper about this splendid red wine has been around for some time now and it may be hard to track down

we’ve got seven rows of clone 114 that we’ll do separately

with firm suede tannin pushing through red berries and cherry

lime and grapefruit citrus flavours locked together by tightly wound acidity on the long