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Captain Stentiford established his Shiraz vineyard in 1896, naming the property Laira after a trading ship. Plantings of Cabernet came much later and have since been the source of memorable single vineyard wines. Laira's exceptional character shines when the grapes are fashioned into a pure Cabernet Sauvignon, encapsulating the combination of climate and soil, aspect and fruit, that stamps this historical vineyard with individuality. The flavours are distinctly Coonawarra, but the perfume and succulent fruit characters are exclusively Brands Laira.

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Brand's Laira is one of Coonawarra's largest proprietries with almost three hundred hectares under vine. Cabernet Sauvignon grapes harvested off fully mature vines fermented on skins and pumped over twice daily to ensure maximum extraction of colour and flavour. Batches are then pressed off while still slightly sweet into oak barrels for completion and malolactic. A quarter of the wine is treated to an extended maceration on skins in fermenters prior to being transferred back to oak for maturation. Components are then racked off lees and transferred back to refreshed oak for maturation in a selection of fine grained French, American and Hungarian puncheons, hogsheads and barriques.

Garnet red. Pure cassis, mint and leafy fruit aromas with cedar oak and mocha notes from barrel fermentation and maturation. A fruit driven, medium weight palate with cassis, mint/ peppermint, red berry fruit and leafy notes accompanied by cedar and vanilla oak flavours. Barrel fermentation and maturation have contributed mocha oak and cedar characters. The wine has a long, fine tannin finish with lingering fruit flavours.

Brands Laira Cabernet Merlot 2010

Coonawarra

A descendant of Coonawarra's oldest vines, Brand's Laira yields exceptional quality harvests of Cabernet Sauvignon which owe their provenence to historic plantings. The property played an important role in establishing Coonawarra's international reputation as Australia's most eminent red winegrowing region. Drawing fruit from superlative vineyards, including a single block which hosts the original 1893 vines, Brand's Laira is intensely varietal and displays the distinctive Cabernet Sauvignon style which has made Coonawarra famous.

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McWilliam's are one of the largest landholders in Coonawarra, with almost three hundred choice hectares under vine. The Brand family are still very much hands on, managing the property and overseeing the production of wines. Cabernet and Merlot grapes are vinified on skins, rolled twice daily to ensure maximum extraction of colour and flavour. Parcels are pressed off skins and pumped to a selection of new and seasoned French, American and Hungarian oak for completion of primary ferments and malolactic. The batches are racked off lees and pumped back into oak for maturation. All components are vinified separately and assessed before inclusion into the finished wine.

Vibrant, bright crimson red with purple hues. Perfumed, fresh fruit driven nose displaying cassis, dark berries and mulberry fruit accompanied by spicy oak characters. A rich and powerful palate of mulberries and plum with an excellent weight of fruit provided by the Merlot over muscular Cabernet tannins. Mature oak characters feature as the wine finishes long and lingering over fine tannins and fragrant red fruit. Best appreciated while the vibrant flavours are still fresh, preferably alongside chargrilled sirloin drizzled with cafe de Paris butter, twice cooked potato wedges and roasted peas.

Brands Laira Chardonnay 2012

Coonawarra

The superb Laira Vineyard was established by Captain Stentiford in 1893 on a premium parcel of choice Coonawarra Terra rossa soils. Pioneer and patron of the Coonawarra, Eric Brand became custodian of the vineyard more than half a century later. Today, Brand's Laira are widely regarded as some of the region's best plantings, producing wines of exceptional quality as evidenced by their consistent wine show success. The distinctive small berries of the vineyard lead to below average yields, translating into wines with intense fruit characters.

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Fruit is harvested in the cool of early morning and immediately pressed, only the free run juices being utilised. After cold settling and racking to clarify, vinification is initiated. The fermenting juices are then transferred to fine grained French oak barrels, a portion of which are new, for completion. One component is selected to undergo a natural or wild fermentation another component is treated to malolactic which gives the wine greater complexity and flavour. Laira remains on yeast lees and is matured in barrel with weekly stirring of the lees conducted to give the wine a creamy texture and flavour. The individual parcels are assessed and assembled before filtration and bottling.

Pale straw gold with green hues. Perfumed nose displaying creamy peach and stone fruit aromas, guava and peach, complemented by some mineral notes, creamy butterscotch and cashew nut oak from barrel ferments and maturation. The fruit driven palate is complex, smooth and rounded with a balanced acid structure. It displays peach and nectarine primary fruit accompanied by creamy cashew nut characters derived from ageing on lees and malolactic. The finish is long with fine, lingering fruit flavours. A refreshing Chardonnay, brimming with approachability and poise, to mate with fine gourmandise, such as a baked walnut and tarragon crusted trout.

Brands Laira One Seven One Cabernet 2009

Coonawarra

95 Points James Halliday Wine Companion 2011

From fruit grown to one of Coonawarra's most eninent small vineyards, the superior Brand's Laira Block 1, planted in 1971. The precious vines yield scant harvests of the most extraordinary quality grapes which translate into the most remarkable wine. McWilliams reserve the elite parcels from this treasured viticultural asset to construct a pure single vineyard wine, one of the nation's great editions of Cabernet Sauvignon.

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A no expense spared approach to vineyard management leads to a selective harvest of the highest quality fruit, all conducted by hand and sorted bunch by bunch. Components are fermented on skins and treated to daily pumpovers ensuring optimal extraction of flavour and colour. Batches are pressed off skins while still slightly sweet and pumped to new, fine grained French oak barriques and hogsheads for completion of ferments, followed by racking off lees and return to the same barrels fortwo years maturation. Barrels are periodically rack and returned to achieve clarity and contribute to the wine's development. A further term of bottle age serves to integrate the wine and tame the tannins. Alcohol 14.8%

Deep crimson red. Brooding nose of brambleberry and dark currants, full of cassis and spicy cedar notes underpinned by dried herbs. A rich and complex fruit driven palate displaying sweet, dense, dark berry fruit characters and some chocolate mint notes. The flavours seamlessly integrate with vanilla and mocha oak and flow through to a long, fine and lingering, fruit filled yet savoury, silky tannin finish.

Brands Laira Shiraz 2009

Coonawarra

Laira is widely regarded as one of the Coonawarra's best plantings of Shiraz. The only locally grown grape variety until 1950, Shiraz has played an important role in establishing Coonawarra's international reputation as Australia's preeminent red wine region.

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McWilliam's acquired the Laira Vineyard in the 1990s and is today one of the largest landholders in Coonawarra. The winemaking team now retain access to many of the finest plantings of Coonawarra Shiraz. Grapes are vinified on skins for seven days in headed down static and rotary fermenters, pumped over or rolled twice daily to ensure full extractions of colour and flavour. Pressed off skins while still slightly sweet and pumped to new and used French, American and Hungarian oak barrels for malolactic. Upon completion, the wine is racked off lees, barrels are cleaned and the wine returned for seventeen months maturation and a further racking for clarity. Alcohol 14.5%

Bright crimson red. A rich and vibrant nose displaying spices and blood plum, blueberry primary fruits backed by nutty creamy oak from barrel ferments and maturation. Classic tightly structured cool climate Shiraz palate displaying pronounced varietal fruit characters of anise and plum, berries and tar. Oak maturation contributes nutty notes and dusty cedar flavours. The palate has a long finish with fine velvety tannins and lingering fruit flavours.

Brands Laira Two Row Merlot 2007

Coonawarra

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McWilliam's are one of the largest landholders in Coonawarra, with more than three hundred hectares of the choicest properties under vine, including the exhalted Laira Vineyard, established by Captain Stentiford in 1893 atop the Coonawarra's splendid Terra rossa heartland. Eric Brand, one of the earliest patrons of the Coonawarra, became the custodian of the vineyard more than half a century later. Expressing all the distinctive regional highlights of Coonawarra, Brand's Laira is a Merlot of exceptional quality, softness and approachability.

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Following harvest and the crush, juices were vinified over a period of several days on their skins in headed down, steel fermenters, pumped over twice daily to ensure maximum extraction of colour and flavour. Once pressed off skins while still slightly sweet (approximately 2° baume), the wine was pumped to a selection of new and seasoned French and American oak barrels to finish primary and malolactic fermentation. Upon completion, the wine was racked off its lees and pumped back into refreshed barrels for maturation. During the first six months of ageing the wine was racked barrel to barrel by hand a further two times to achieve the required wine clarity and to assist in wine development. Alcohol 15.0%

Dark crimson red. A deeply perfumed nose displaying blackcurrant and plum, complemented by vanilla and cedar aromas derived from oak maturation. The rich, rounded palate showcases vibrant plum and dark berry fruits. Elegant mocha, vanilla and dusty oak characters complement the fruit on the palate. Great length with good varietal character and rich, ripe flavour concentration, the finish is long with fine, silky tannins adding length. A luscious drink now proposition that will also improve from cellaring.

Brands Stentifords Shiraz 2008

Coonawarra

Laira Vineyard was established by Captain Stentiford in 1893 on a choice parcel of Coonawarra land, one of the salient Terra Rossa plantings. Eric Brand, first Patron of Coonawarra, became custodian of the vineyard more than half a century later. From a selection of the finest grapes, hand picked off the most precious blocks, Stentiford represents the jewel in the crown of Coonawarra Shiraz, a bottle aged wine of peerless quality, matured under the estate cellars until release.

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Gapes are hand picked and fermented on skins while being treated to twice daily rack and return pump overs, extracting maximum colour, flavour and tannins. Components are pressed and pumped to a selection of completely new fine grained French oak hogsheads and barriques to complete primary ferments and malolactic. The finished wine is racked off lees and pumped back into refreshed barrels for maturation. A regimen of gentle rackings serve to develop the wine and achieve a high level of clarity. A rigorous selection of the finest barrels determines those most worthy of inclusion into the final Stentifords Shiraz.

Deep crimson red. Complex nose of black and blueberry, cinnamon and nutmeg spice fruit aromas. Barrel fermentation and maturation contributes vanilla and cedar notes. A powerful but elegant palate structure with spicy, dark berry fruit flavours, toasty cedar oak and a long finish displaying fine, lingering tannins. Drinking brilliantly upon release at several years of age, alongside roast sirloin, venison or smoked bacon casserole with nouille au jus.

The Laira Vineyard was established in 1893 on the Coonawarra’s famous terra rossa heartland

Brands Laira is today widely regarded as one of the region’s best plantings of Shiraz. With Shiraz being the only wine grape planted in Coonawarra from 1900 to 1950, the variety has played an important role in establishing Coonawarra’s international reputation as Australia’s pre-eminent red wine region.

Eric and Nancy Brand purchased the Laira Vineyard and adjoining property in 1946; and over the next decade extended the vineyard to 23 hectares of vines. The first wine sold under the Laira label was released in 1966. Fruit from this century-old Original Vineyard is still used today in the production of the Brand’s of Coonawarra Stentiford’s Reserve and Patron’s Reserve.


McWilliam’s Wines purchased a 50 per cent share of the Brand’s Estate in 1990 and the remaining 50 per cent in 1994, with Eric and Nancy’s sons Jim and Bill Brand retained as winemakers. McWilliam’s Wines is today one of the largest landholders in Coonawarra, with almost 300 hectares of mainly cabernet sauvignon and shiraz vines. In recent years the company has extended the Estate to include the 165 hectare Station Block and 100 hectare Kirkgate vineyards.

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