Australian wines are good and fine wines. Wine is produced throughout the southern part of Australia. Australia is the seventh largest wine producer in the world . The most famous is the Shiraz red wine. Australian wines have never been so drunk and “fashionable” in Europe as in the United States.
General informations
The wines
Shiraz Australian wineThe best known Australian wine is Shiraz , a rich, structured and full red, also produced in the south of France, which here, however, expresses itself with a power and full of spicy aromas. Shiraz, as well as Cabernet, are aged in barriques for about two years.
Excellent wines are also produced from Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and from the white Chardonnay, Sémillon and Colombard, often aged in French or American barriques between six and twelve months.
pairing
Much appreciated in Australia is the meat cooked on the grill, generally steaks but also kangaroo or crocodile meat, which combine well in the kitchen for example with Shiraz. The dishes based on crustaceans mainly present in the coastal area go well with white wines, such as Chardonnay, Sémillon and Colombard. See Matching wine food .
Vines used
White grape: Chardonnay, Sèmillon, Colombard, Riesling.
Red grape: Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot.
Production area
The wine production areas in Australia are concentrated in the southern part. In particular, the Barossa Valley (located near the wine town of Adelaide) is responsible for the excellent wines produced with Shiraz grapes, the Chardonnay vinified in cask, the excellent Rieslings, Sémillon and Cabernet Sauvignon.
From Perth in Western Australia to the north of Sydney in New South Wales and around Melbourne in Victoria and Adelaide in southern Australia to Tasmania.
