Wines by Bethany

Bethany Cabernet Merlot 2007

Barossa

Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot is sourced from the Schrapel family vineyards at Bethany and neighbouring sites along the Barossa foothills. The Bethany property is replete with vines up to forty years old which are very low yielding and produce fruit of great intensity and flavour. The special microclimate of the foothills is reflected in the bright, dark cherry colour, enticingly fragrant aroma and full flavoured, harmonious palate. The powerful structure of Cabernet is complemented by the suppleness of Merlot, a style which can be enjoyed fully whilst young

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Traditional viticultural practices are applied, vines are hand pruned and often hand picked. Grapes from each vineyard are kept separate throughout the wine making process until assemblage. Vinified on skins in open fermenters at controlled temperatures between 22°C and 28°C for eight to ten days. After traditional pressing, the wine is transferred to American and French oak hogsheads. A malolactic culture is added early to induce secondary fermentation whilst in barrel. The wine is racked after settling and minimal sulphur is added, a critical factor for natural flavour development. Matured for ten months prior to racking and assembling, followed by a light filtration. Alcohol 13.5%

Deep, black cherry colour. A complex bouquet displaying young vibrant fruit, lifted red berries with some overtones of oak and a slightly spiced nature. A palate of soft fine tannins and fresh red berry characters. The mouthfeel shows excellent textures, approachable and satisfying in its youth. Deeply flavoursome, gentle with overtones of light milky oak, resolving on a well balanced finish, restrained acid and long, lingering fruit. Enjoy this comforting wine with a casserole of lamb and potato, or just about anything that incorporates gruyere cheese. "Old fashioned style. The nose is a medley of mushrooms, chocolate, cedar and toast. Full flavoured blackberry palate has a hint of aniseed and balancing oak!" -Winestate.com

Bethany GR9 Reserve Shiraz 2004

Barossa

Available in cartons of 6

Bethany's reserve wines are a product of evolution rather than creation. GR has evolved over time to be one of the Barossa's salient Shiraz wines. It is not every year that a GR is made. Parcels of the most splendid fruit from distinguished sites are treated to a separate vinification. Each vintage the red wines are assessed and a decision is made to determine if there is a parcel of GR quality. A formidable, full bodied classic red wine with an enormous palate, complex engaging aromas and undeniable ageing potential. Fewer than 5,000 are bottled

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Over a decade one parcel of fruit kept grabbing the attention of the winemakers. It came from a small vineyard of less than five acres at the foothills of the Barossa Ranges, from old vines grown to classic Barossa red brown earths overlaying limestone. The classification is made in the vineyard on the basis of microclimate, soil type and viticultural technique. The parcels are processed separately in four tonne fermenters, and matured separately. The vines here produce small berries which provide maximum flavour and colour, whilst the breezes around the foothills ensure gradual ripening and fine tannins. Matured for twenty four months in a combination of American and French oak hogsheads. Alcohol 14.0%

Dense ruby red with hints of purple. Ripe plums, mulberry and chocolate notes backed by oaky vanillin nuances fill the bouquet. Plum and briar flavours on the palate are tempered by toasty oak flavours. This wine is showing good concentration and weight featuring well integrated, fine grained tannins. The finish is long and satisfying. A superb food wine that's built to last, decant before serving and enjoy with steak & kidney pie or mature cheddar. "Big wine, dense almost tarry with every feature in perfect proportion and in the right place. Baked cherry from nose to palate, espresso and cocoay oak, Quatre epices, soy and bitter chocolatey tannins, muscular, memorable and defined!" -CabernetFrank.com

Bethany Shiraz 2005

Barossa

From vines up to forty years of age grown to the precious Schrapel Vineyards, with batches from neighbour's blocks in the Barossa and higher Eden Valleys. The flagship of the Schrapel family reds, and the style which has made the Barossa famous for Shiraz wines the world over. "Sultry, slurpable shiraz, fine and ripe, combining exemplary definition with remarkable approachability. Suitably plummy, it melts on the palate to chocolatey oak, mulberry and bright vibrant flavours, before finishing smooth, sweet and satisfying!" -Winewrite.com.au

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From hand pruned vines grown at the foothills of the Barossa. The Schrapel Vineyard is hand pruned to seventy buds per vine thereby limiting yields. The exactingly husbanded vines sprout superb grapes, there is very low incidence of disease present in the vineyards. Fermented on skins in the traditional manner for eight to ten days at 22°C to 28°C with juice being racked from the skins and returned for optimal colour and fine tannin extraction. Malolactic fermentation is initiated prior to racking into American and French oak barrels for sixteen months to allow the fruit and palate structure to develop. This method of winemaking results in a full-bodied Shiraz, enough oak to give complexity without overshadowing the wine

A deep garnet, almost black colour. The aroma is quite outstanding, followed by the rich, ripe blackberry and plum flavours, fully expressive of Barossa shiraz and in particular of the Schrapel family's flagship red. In the mouth it is full-bodied and luscious with great depth of varietal flavour, whilst the lingering finish displays seamless rich fruit, soft tannins and well integrated natural acidity. It will go well with all red meat dishes and full flavoured cheeses and it is especially enjoyable with oxtail braised in red wine (Bethany of course) "Meat and sweet compotes of stonefruit, raspberry and mintyness, coddled by milky, cocoay oak. Long and giving, excellent varietal profiles, yielding, restrained, tannins!" -Winegun.com

Johann Gottlob Schrapel and his family arrived in South Australia from Silesia on the ship George Washington in 1844, just eight years after the colony was settled

Like many of their fellow Germanic migrants they made their way by ox cart to Bethany, the Barossa Valley’s first settlement, where they established a home and cleared the land to grow crops and graze animals. The Schrapels planted their first vineyard in 1852 from cuttings carefully nursed from Europe. A wine cellar was also built, but despite Johann’s reputation as an early colonial winemaker, the family concentrated on grape growing rather than winemaking for the next four generations. More than a century later in 1981, Johann’s fifth generation descendants, brothers Geoff and Robert Schrapel, established Bethany Wines in a quarry, where the pioneers had hewn stone for their homes, high in the Barossa Ranges overlooking the family’s vineyards and the historic village of Bethany.

The early 1980s were tough times for Barossa grapegrowers. A red wine boom was followed by a glut and, as grape prices fell below production cost, the State Government encouraged growers to pull out their old Shiraz and Grenache vines. Instead, the Schrapels chose to establish a tradition of winemaking from this undervalued yet irreplaceable resource of old vineyards. Gradually their reputation grew.

Now a vibrant family wine company, Bethany Wines employs many people and plays a significant role in the Barossa community. Geoff and Robert’s vision was to create a Barossa wine experience and in doing so, improve the quality of life for their customers, friends and family. In this they have succeeded. Their aim is to live well, provide for their children, care for the land and hand the winery and vineyards to the next generation in a better position than when they started.

The family's historic vineyards are the key to production of theiquality wines. Thirty hectares of vineyard in Bethany are owned by the Schrapels, comprising the Bethanien Block, the Old Manse Block and the Homestead Block. A range of varieties are grown from Chardonnay, Riesling and Semillon to Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Grenache. The age of their vines ranges from 15 to 80 years. The old vines require traditional management of hand pruning and harvesting, while the newer plantings are managed with modern viticultural techniques such as close planting, high trellises and canopy control.

Geoff and Robert look for maximum expression of fruit flavour in their wines and pay particular attention to the careful handling of grapes at vintage. The use of chemicals is minimised in grape growing and wine is made in small lots to maximise variations in fruit flavour and ripeness which contribute complexity to the wines; wines which are the most natural expression of their unique Barossa terroir.

During the last two decades Bethany Wines has won acclaim at Australian and international wine shows and consumer tastings for its hand-made, fruit driven wines. The greatest natural advantage the Schrapels have is the fruit which comes from the family's carefully tended vineyards. Their thirty hectares of vineyard in Bethany, comprising the Bethanien Block, the Old Manse block and the Homestead Block are fanned during summer evenings with cooling gully breezes, creating a special microclimate which allows the grapes to achieve good sugar and acid levels without becoming over-ripe. It takes a long time to know a vineyard. At Bethany these vines can live for four or five generations. The special understanding of how to grow grapes on the unique Bethany clay soils has taken many years for the Schrapel descendants to master.

The idyllicly gradual ripening conditions create well balanced wines with flavour and structure. The life cycle of the vineyard continues in much the same way as it always has, with minimal intervention to produce the best possible grapes and wines. Bethany also leases a further seven hectares of vineyard in the Trial Hill area in the high country of the Barossa Valley which contributes added elegance and complexity to their wines.

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