2019 Best's Wines Thomson Family Shiraz Tasting with 5th Generation Hamish Thomson

Join Hamish Thomson, 5th Generation vingneron at Best's Great Western as he takes you through a tasting of our 2019 Thomson Family Shiraz. The Thomson Family Shiraz was first produced in 1992 to celebrate the centenary of the Thomson Family as winemakers. Produced predominantly from the fifteen rows of vines planted by Henry Best and only available in exceptional years, on average about six times a decade. Thomson Family Shiraz is hand harvested, hand plunged and fermented in small open fermenters. It is aged in 20% new French Oak in Best’s underground cellars for 14-18 months and released 2-3 years after bottling.
The Thomson Family Shiraz was elevated to the highest and rarest Langton’s Classification of “Exceptional” in the 2018 Classification VII. It is the only Victorian Shiraz in this category. The 2014 Thomson Family Shiraz was awarded the ‘Wine Of the Year’ in the 2017 Halliday Wine Companion and the 2017 was awarded 99 points in the 2020 Wine Companion.