The flagship wine in the Seppelt portfolio, St Peters is sourced from the finest and most intense estate grown fruit and is the ultimate expression of cool climate Grampians Shiraz. The lineage of this iconic wine dates back to 1964 when Great Western Hermitage was first made. The wine is only made in exceptional years and is now called St Peters after the name of our most historic block of Shiraz. This wine, made in very small quantities, is a carefully balanced medium bodied wine that displays complex flavours reflective of the local terroir. There are distinctive regional Shiraz characters and this wine will age gracefully with careful long term cellaring. Blue-Purple-Red. An enticing nose with perfumed sweet spice, blueberry fruits and complexing savoury nuances. Intense mulberry and black fruit characters combine with savoury and spice notes. This impeccably structured wine displays fine textural tannins and structural oak with layers of complexity and an exceptionally long finish. The rapid ripening during the 2008 vintage created incredibly dense, powerful wines that have great vibrancy and regional complexity from the Grampians. The wines from Bendigo are some of the best to pass through the Seppelt winery. An absolute stellar year that will be a classic in years to come. Winemaker notes.
Winner - World's Greatest Shiraz Challenge VI (2011)
Top Australian Wine - World's Greatest Shiraz Challenge VI (2011)
Best in category ($70-80) - World's Greatest Shiraz Challenge VI (2011)
A definitive Great Western shiraz from the Grampians region of western Victoria. Unashamedly seeking Grand Cru status for this wine, sourced from the low-yielding St Peters, Imperial and Police vineyards. 2008: A Grand Cru wine just beginning to reveal its layers of depth and character. Dark and alluring, with wild and briary aromas of violets, cassis, blackberries and mulberries underpinned by nuances of dusty, musky spices, nuances of menthol. It's sumptuously flavoured but supremely elegant, long and fine grained, with a velvety undercarriage of pliant tannins. Earthy, wild and very pexpressive, with layers of fruit, minerality and structure, it culminates in a finish of remarkable balance and persistence. Drink: 2020-2028; 95 Points; Jeremy Oliver; 2012 Australian Wine Annual
Purple-crimson; a complex bouquet with fragrant blackberry, plum and licorice aromas and flavours; the medium-bodied palate has very good texture and structure. 95 Points; Drinking: To 2028; James Halliday Wine Companion
Fragrances of violets and roses with traces of spicy oak. Some wonderful varietal fruit on a very tight palate with prominent oak and lovely freshness. The flavours linger long. Price: $70; 5 Stars * * * * * Winestate Magazine; September/October 2011