Mitchell_Wines : Our Wines

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Eight Outstanding Wines from a Variety of Varietals

"One of the stalwarts of the Clare Valley, producing long-lived Rieslings and Cabernet Sauvignons in classic regional style. The range now includes very creditable Semillon, Grenache and Shiraz. A lovely old stone apple shed provides the cellar door and upper section of the compact winery."
James Halliday, 2007

Recognised as one of the region's best examples..

of Riesling and produced since 1977, Mitchell Wines Watervale Riesling has intense aromatics, a fine dry palate with crisp acidity and lingering finish. Drinks beautifully both young and old (if cellared for 5-8 years). To quote one reviewer, it's "as tall and dry as the white cliffs of Dover".

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Watervale Riesling - style commenced in 1977

Intense aromatic Riesling fruit flavours are the hallmarks of this wine. It has a fine dry palate with a crisp acidity and a long lingering fruit finish. These wines drink freshly and lively when released young but develop beautifully for 5-8 years. The fresh fruit flavours transform into the rich toasty characters for which aged Riesling from this area is renowned, and this wine is consistently one the Clare Valley's best.

Current vintage 2011

McNicol Riesling

A single vineyard wine, grown on a stony quartzite hillside at an elevation of 500m. The high elevation means the grapes ripen 2 or 3 weeks later than our Riesling at Watervale. Whereas the Watervale Rieslings are characterised by sweet, ripe lime juice flavours, the McNicol Riesling exhibits a lemon, citrus aroma and flavour with hints of pepper and spice. The colour still has pale green tinges, indicating a slow developing wine with long ageing potential. The palate has exceptional length with intensity and persistence and a fine linear structure.

This vineyard has never been irrigated and no herbicides nor pesticides have been used.

Current vintage 2006

Semillon

- introduced in 1984

Subtle French oak handling - both during fermentation and initial aging - serves to complement the stylishly tangy fruit in this wine. The palate is clean, fresh and with crisp acidity. A good balance of 'lemony' Semillon fruit flavour, harmonised with dimension of integrated oak on the middle palate. Mitchell Semillon is easily approachable when young and with 2-5 years of cellaring develops the butter and straw characters which are typical of high quality aged Semillon.

Current vintage 2009

Noble Semillon

Classic botrytis affected dessert wine displaying characteristic honey and marmalade concentrated sweet fruit balanced by crisp acid on a lingering luscious finish. Time in oak and bottle has matured the wine so it's ready to enjoy upon release.

Current vintage 2010

GSM - Grenache, Sangiovese, Mourvedre

The Mitchells believe that given the conditions of rocky barren soils, old, dry grown vines and a long ripening period, which their selected vineyards in Clare offer, the fruit develops the flavours and structure for a complex varietal wine. The fully ripened Grenache fruit is fermented on skins from 10-14 days and gently basket pressed to extract full flavour and tannin structure.The glorious essence of Grenache is enhanced with a touch of mourvedre and sangiovese.

The resulting wine is not aged in wood, in order to preserve the complex array of fresh lively flavours of the variety - the black cherry and soft fruit tannins. A wine of great style with both power and finesse.

Current vintage 2008

Peppertree Vineyard Shiraz

Rich and deep in colour, and rich and deep in aromas. Ripe, spicy shiraz flavours; dark chocolate with hints of liquorice. The silky mouth coating tannins give a gentle firmness and an elegant structure to the wine. Excellent long term cellaring potential.

Current Vintage 2009

Sevenhill Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

We made our first vintage of this wine in 1976

Mitchell Cabernet Sauvignon is a classic Clare Valley wine. It shows strong 'berry' flavours on the nose, with overtones of dusty new French oak aromas. The palate is very full flavoured and the wine has a firm tannic finish. When seen as a young wine it is the potential of the structure which stands out. The essential ingredients - fruit, oak, acidity and tannins - are present in the right proportions. All that is needed is 5 to 10 years (or more) in the cellar to allow these components to harmonise. The result is an elegant wine of great power.

Current vintage 2005

McNicol Shiraz

Very dark red, almost black at the centre, garnet at the rim. Fragrant complex nose, with dark fruits (black cherries, blackberries and dark plums), dark chocolate and smoky/cedary oak; integrated and complete. Core of firm palate, dark fruit flavours supported by integrated oak and fine tannins. Medium to full-bodied, with a long dry finish that carries its 14.5% alcohol with ease.

Now entering its optimum drinking period, this wine is elegant and classy. The primary fruit flavours of youth have given way to the more complex aromas and tastes of maturity. From an excellent Clare Valley vintage, the wine combines both richness and refinement.
You can drink it now with, say, finely sliced roast beef in its own juices, or allow it to develop further for up to five years, possibly longer.

Current vintage 2003

Sparkling Peppertree Shiraz

A unique blend of multiple vintages of Peppertree Vineyard Shiraz (often up to twenty years of age) that undergoes a secondary fermentation to provide the bubbles. This seductive wine is both fruity and earthy-mature, with spice and mulberry fruit flavours and a lingering soft foamy effervescence.