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Z force by Zonte's Footstep Shiraz Petit Syrah 2013 (6 x 750mL), SA.

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Z force by Zonte's Footstep Shiraz Petit

  1. Z force by Zonte's Footstep Shiraz Petit Syrah 2013 (6 x 750mL), SA.

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Z-Force was a special Australian Army unit created in World War Two to operate behind enemy lines. Z-Force’s members were from many countries and specialised in unique guerrilla warfare. Although disbanded after the war, Z-Force pioneered numerous operational techniques and tactics, many as daring as they were brilliant, that remain a model to this day.

The surviving members of Z Special Unit last marched together on Anzac Day in Sydney 2010. The extraordinary bravery of their unit and its lost brothers are honoured in this wine, which is Zonte’s Footstep finest. Each bottle of this wine sold helps support the work of Legacy South Australia.

Region:
SA - McLaren Vale
State:
South Australia
Country:
Australia

Expert Reviews

94 points – James Halliday’s Wine Companion 2017. P. 754-755

“85% shiraz, 15% petite syrah from McLaren Vale, open and closed fermenters, matured for 18 months in new and used hogsheads. Deep, gleaming inky purple; all about hedonism: this bypasses the head, travelling through the heart and establishing a lasting friendship with the stomach. It’s the outcome of some very clever winemaking.”

93 points – Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, 1st September 2016, www.thewinefront.com.au

“85% shiraz, 15% petit sirah from McLaren Vale. One for the lovers of a Big Red. It's a hulking wine. High alcohol, high impact, the throttle pulled out. Asphalt, toast, dark chocolate and blackberry, with saltbush notes infused throughout. Plenty of tannin, both grainy and ripe; grunty. A warm-the-cockles style but with a hard-stare seriousness. You have to excuse a bit of alcohol warmth and prefer your reds to be on the old school side of town, but in that light this packs an impressive punch.”

Winery Tasting Notes

Colour Very dark, vibrant, purple with a dense red crimson hue.

Nose Pepper spice, macerated berries and a hint of pink grapefruit. Damson plum pudding and Christmas spice.

Entry: Rich and soft and fragrant red fruits. Some dried garden herb and lifted cigar box characters. Complimented with dark cacao.

Middle Palate Juicy round blackberry fruits, tempered with the soft idiosyncratic milky McLaren Vale Shiraz sweetness and roundness and spike of red citrus and cranberry notes

After Palate: Lush mouth filling with rolling soft, fine grained fruit tannin.

Finish: Choc-mint, cedar and intense blackberry and caramelised grapefruit zest. Minutes later, the flavour still lingers.

In Summary: Though it will drink great now, especially with anything off the grill, it should cellar well as previous vintages.

Medals & Trophies

Trophy & Double Gold Medal - China Wine & Spirits Awards Best Value 2016

Gold Medal - The Global Syrah Masters 2016

Gold Medal - China Wine & Spirits Awards 2016

Gold Medal/91 points - Critics Challenge 2016

Gold Medal - Melbourne International Wine Competition 2015

Winery Profile

Zonte's Footstep is a proudly independent Australian wine company. We take our vineyards and our wine, but not ourselves, seriously.

In 2003 we pooled old white utes and new-ish tractors to grow the best grapes from the best vineyards and the wines are now at the vanguard of a revolution of Australian wine styles.

A couple of wine scribes recently noted; "The critically acclaimed Zonte's Footstep wines are not ‘old world', nor even ‘new world', Zonte's is out of this world!" and "Zonte's Footstep; Jump on board this fabulously priced wine and enjoy one of the best value wines in the Southern Hemisphere." Matthew Jukes

Zonte's Footstep is named after a 19th century Zante currant vineyard, as new plantings follow the original footstep. The currant business dried up, but Zonte's Footstep became our blueprint...

All we want to do is taste our fruit in our wine, so we charged our reigning winemaker, Mr. Ben Riggs, with one goal; to make the best wines we can, true to vineyard and variety, so long as we make a bloody good drink!

“The truth is out there in the vineyard... but the proof is in the bottle”

View Zonte's Footstep website

Other Information

  • 2013 vintage
  • 6 x 750mL Bottles
  • SA - McLaren Vale, South Australia
  • Screwcap closure
  • 14.5% alc.
  • New

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