PIRRAMIMMA
Shiraz Ironstone
2016
Product code
853288
Format
6 x 1500ml
Listing type
Open
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Country
Australia
Regulated designation
Table wine
Region
South Australia
Subregion
Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Varietal(s)
Shiraz
100 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
Producer's website
About this winery
Pirramimma was founded by Alexander Campbell Johnston in 1892 and has been owned and operated by the Johnston family ever since. The Johnston family arrived in South Australia in 1839 and in 1892 Alexander, the tenth of thirteen children, purchased 97 hectares of rich farmland southeast of the then fledgling village of McLaren Vale. He named his land Pirramimma, an Aboriginal phrase meaning "the moon and the stars." The vineyard soils vary from sandy, on the rise, to rich dark loam on the flat....
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