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McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Winery was rated five star winery by James Halliday in his 2011 Australian Wine Companion. The rating, from arguably Australia’s finest wine critic, endorses McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant as an outstanding winery. Read more...

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Respected wine critics and authors, Campbell Mattinson and Gary Walsh recently named 2007 McWilliam’s Mount Pleasant Maurice O’Shea Shiraz “Shiraz of the Year” in their 2010/11 Big Red Wine Book. The Shiraz recieved 97 points out of a possible 100. Read more...

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Mount Pleasant Winemaker and Founder, Maurice O’Shea, was renowned for crafting some of Australia’s finest wines. He introduced a Mount Pleasant tradition of naming his wines after friends.

Mount Pleasant Philip Shiraz

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Philip Shiraz

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Mount Pleasant Philip Shiraz is a classic Hunter Valley red which has been enjoyed by Australian wine lovers for more than 35 years. A unique style not dominated by tannin or alcohol; the wine displays beautiful earthy fruit characters.

Bottle aged for approximately four years prior to release, Philip Shiraz was first marketed in 1965. Normally picked in February, fermentation on skins takes place over 7-8 days in headed down stainless steel containers with pumping over twice daily. The wine is then transferred to into seasoned American oak where primary fermentation and malolactic fermentation is completed. Every six months the wine is racked off and returned to the same oak for maturation for around 18 months.