IZO WINE - Two Hands Lily's Garden McLaren Vale Shiraz 2005

Two Hands Lily's Garden McLaren Vale Shiraz 2005

Item No. 888342

Australia

Two Hands

RED

Wine Spectator 94

Regular $59.99
Special $55.99

ABOUT THE WINE

Winemaker's Notes
The Garden Series is a Super Premium range of six Shiraz from six of the finest Shiraz producing regions in Australia. Lily's Garden is made from a selection of the finest McLaren Vale barrels.

Tasting Notes
Dense, dark purple plum. Gloriously generous fruit with subtle complimentary overtones of vanilla spice; enhancing, rather than dominating, the wonderful spicy plum fruit of this wine. Rich juicy fruit. Delicious and distinctive mocha, chocolate and sweet plum characters. Baked by a lush, plush mouthfeel laced with an underlying black pepper spice and a silky tight tannin structure.

Two Hands
The 'two hands' are Michael Twelftree and Richard Mintz who formed the company in 1999 with the clear objective of making the best possible Shiraz based wines from prized Shiraz producing regions within Australia. Michael Twelftree, initially from a construction background, spent a number of years exporting Australian Wine to the USA and Asia. Richard Mintz a chartered accountant, was formerly C.E.O. of one of Australia's leading Cooperage's in the Barossa Valley, South Australia. With Twelftree's contacts and wine savvy approach and Mintz's management skills and business acumen, the two old friends decided to make some wine together. In 2000 they started with just 17 tonnes of fruit from the McLaren Vale and Padthaway wine regions. From the beginning the wines were very well received at home and abroad with a healthy stream of reviews culminating in 2004 with Robert M. Parker pronouncing Two Hands as ''the finest negociant operation south of the equator''. The heart of the operation is Barossa Valley based; the Cellar Door and Winery are located in the sub district of Marananga. Opened in December 2003 the Cellar Door has already come to be regarded as one of the highlights of the region with its contemporary interior design and commitment to providing guests with an educational and personal wine experience. The Marananga winery was officially opened in November 2004, designed specifically for small batch production of the very best parcels of fruit.

ECOLOGICALLY RESPECTFUL WINE

ISO 14001
In February 1998, Living Wine became the first group in the world to gain the enviromental accreditation, ISO 14001. Emviromental integrity, accountability, the development of targets and plans of action to this end are essential indredients of the IOS 14001 standard. The relationship between soil, vine and wine is encapsulated in the name "Living Wine".

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