McWilliam's
Mount Pleasant
Rosehill Shiraz

| Awards | Tasting Notes |

When Maurice O’Shea bought the Rosehill land, with the support and backing of the McWilliam family, in 1946, he was looking for a similar site to that of Mount Pleasant. What he found was a parcel of rich, volcanic loam soil and planted the Rosehill Vineyard. Mount Pleasant Rosehill Shiraz exemplifies the rich Hunter Valley Shiraz style and confirms that O’Shea got his site selection perfectly right.

Fruit for this wine is entirely sourced from the Rosehill Vineyard, which was first established in 1946 by Maurice O’Shea. The 1984 vintage was the first to be labeled ‘Rosehill Shiraz’, with all previous vintages labeled ‘Richard’ or ‘RH’. Normally picked in February, grapes are crushed and cold soaked for 24 hours prior to fermentation on skins, which takes place over 7-8 days in headed-down stainless steel containers with pumping over twice daily. The wine is then transferred to new American oak puncheons where primary and malolactic fermentation is completed. Every six months, the wine is racked off and returned to the same barrels for maturation over 18 months.

McWilliam's Mount Pleasant Single Vineyard Selection | Lovedale™ Semillon (pre-release) | Lovedale™ Semillon | Rosehill Shiraz | Old Paddock & Old Hill Shiraz

Try this wine with...  Ideal with de-boned quail infused with thyme and garlic or a chicken and peach salad with a light curry dressing. Chef Peter Howard

Tasting Notes

| Current Vintage |

Back Vintages
| 2001 |
| 2000 |

Tasting Notes are in PDF format and require
Acrobat Reader.

[back to top]