Shiraz: The True Australian Wine

Australia is a well known place for it's best quality wine like Chardonnay, Merlot or Shiraz. From Brisbane to Darwin, you will find plenty of wine regions. Australians are very proud of their grapes and wine culture.

Shiraz is one of the best Australian red wine. Shiraz, which is also called as Syrah in France, Chile and Argentina, is a kind of grape. These wines are rich and masculine wines which require several years of maturity to subdue their strong tannins. Shiraz grape consists of a very deep purple color. During the year 1832, Shiraz was produced in Australia and since then it has been cultivated there.

The name Shiraz has been taken from the city name Shiraz where the process of wine making is originated some 7,000 years ago. The grape Shiraz has been brought to southern France by Guy De'Sterimberg after visiting Iran during the crusades. He became the hermit and developed a vineyard on the hill near his house in Rhode River Valley. Therefore the wine is also known as Hermitage.

The Shiraz grape has the potential to make it's own wonderful, dry red label table wine. It can also be combined with other grapes in order to create a fuller effect. The Shiraz grape is used for numerous purposes. It was used to make port wine and also to produce a red sparkling wine, known as Sparkling Shiraz.

Shiraz wine is quite famous for it's strong aromas and flavors due to it's full bodies nature. Depending on the weather and the type of the soil, Shiraz tones and flavors will alter, create distinct wines between their regions of origin. The most famous Australian Shiraz are Lindemans and Jacobs Creek.

Shiraz is a very rich and intense wine which will remind you of raspberry and cedar. It's always good to enjoy the Shiraz wine when it is young, probably within the first 5 years of bottling. The Shiraz wine can compliments a wide variety of foods. The wine is characterized for it's sturdy flavor plus rich texture. To take the pleasure of Shiraz, it can be accompanied with meats such as duck, beef, lamb, bear and goose.

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