Description
Volume: 0.7 liters | Alcohol content: 48% | Not chill-filtered | No coloring
Palate: Smooth and intense with dark forest fruits and toasted oak in the background.
Aftertaste: Roasted marshmallows.
“The Octavius” is a cult classic. The Australian Shiraz from the Barossa Valley is the only red wine in the world that matures in 100-litre octave barrels. After bottling the wine, Starward filled the freshly emptied barrels with their fruity single malt whisky. In the small barrels, the whisky interacted strongly with the American oak, allowing it to mature intensively and absorb the celebrated characteristics of “The Octavius”. What does it taste like? Of raisins, anise and caramel that melt with luscious, dark fruits…
Tasting Notes
Nose: Full-bodied with red fruits, raisins, ripe peach, caramel, some anise and toasted oak.Palate: Smooth and intense with dark forest fruits and toasted oak in the background.
Aftertaste: Roasted marshmallows.
Description
Yalumba, one of Australia's most famous family-run wineries, plays a central role in the Starward story. The Melbourne-based winery's very first batch was matured almost exclusively in Yalumba wine barrels. Now the latest bottling from the experimental Project Series, Starward Octave Barrels, celebrates this special relationship - combining the winery's iconic "The Octavius" red wine with Starward's hand-crafted single malt.“The Octavius” is a cult classic. The Australian Shiraz from the Barossa Valley is the only red wine in the world that matures in 100-litre octave barrels. After bottling the wine, Starward filled the freshly emptied barrels with their fruity single malt whisky. In the small barrels, the whisky interacted strongly with the American oak, allowing it to mature intensively and absorb the celebrated characteristics of “The Octavius”. What does it taste like? Of raisins, anise and caramel that melt with luscious, dark fruits…
Facts
| Furnishing | GP |
| Dyed | No |
| dye | 0 |
| country | Australia |
| Distillery | Starward |
| Bottler | Original bottling |
| vintage | 2018 |
| Bottling year | 2021 |
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| Bottled | |
| Old | 0 |
| Barrel types | Barossa Shiraz 100L Octave Barrels |
| Number of filled bottles | 0 |
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