Winery: B3 - Basedows
Region: Barossa Valley
Variety: Shiraz
Vintage: 2008
Your Wine Guy says:
Dark ruby in colour with purple hues. This wine exhibits aromas of blueberry, vanilla, spice and chocolate. The palate is full and luscious and is layered with flavours of blackberry, cranberry and some delicious Christmas cake characters. The palate has a firm fruit backbone and supporting ripe tannins, full bodied with good length. An excellent example of Barossa Shiraz
94 Points YWG Drink to 2020
Winery Information:
Following information sourced from www.b3wines.com.au
“As the Brothers Basedow, you could say winemaking is in our blood.
We were born and bred in the Barossa Valley, the fifth-generation of German migrants who arrived in South Australia on The Pauline in the 1840s.
Our grandfather, Oscar Basedow, was the nephew of Johannes Basedow, who established the Basedow winery in the main street of Tanunda in 1896.
He was inspired by Martin Basedow, an educator, South Australian MP and inaugural president of the Tanunda Club.
Martin Basedow established the Roseworthy Agricultural College, which has been an enormous benefit to the Australian wine industry.
When Johannes Basedow died in 1902, our grandfather bought the winery and renamed it O Basedow Wines.
O Basedow Wines became renowned across Australia for its table wines and fortifieds.
As kids we watched our father, John Oscar Basedow, work every vintage.
He won a Jimmy Watson for his 1969 Cabernet Sauvignon.
After our father passed away in the 1970s, the Basedow winery and its brand name changed ownership several times.
The name is now owned by a winery in the Hunter Valley.
We can’t do much about that now, so we’ve created B3 Wines.
Welcome to a new chapter in the Basedow family legacy of making premium Barossa wines.
Cheers,
Peter, Michael and Richard Basedow
The Brothers Basedow .” |