The team at Oakdene Vineyards are still celebrating this morning after receiving  three trophies, including The Best Wine in the Show, at last night’s awards presentation for the “Le Concours des Vins du Victoria 2009”, held at Zinc at Federation Square in Melbourne.

 

The current release 2007 Shiraz, produced from a boutique vineyard located in Wallington on the Bellarine Peninsula (near Geelong), was awarded Gold medals in the major Shiraz classes of the 2009 Royal Melbourne Wine Show and 2009 Victorian Wine Show last month, now adding a third Gold Medal, trophy for Best Shiraz, Best Red Wine and Best Wine of Show at the annual wine show held by the French-Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Victoria.

 

THE 19th CONCOURS DES VINS DU VICTORIA is proudly organised by the French-Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry. This year the judging panel, led by renowned Rhône Valley winemaker Michel Chapoutier, welcomed a group of five young French sommeliers who topped France’s annual competition for sommeliers students.

 

 The 2007 Shiraz is the third release from Oakdene’s 6 acre Shiraz block, planted to two clones (PT23 and Bests) in 2001, and the wine was made by Ray Nadeson. Production 300 cases.

 

Medal and Show specifics include: 

 

 

116 exhibits, 5 Gold Medals awarded.

 

361 exhibits, 5 Gold Medals awarded.