Charles Cimicky Signature Shiraz 1996
Style: Red Wine
Variety: Shiraz
Closure: Cork
Charles Cimicky Signature Shiraz 1996
Camberwell
Burke Road
Camberwell VIC 3124
Australia
Producer: Charles Cimicky
Country: Australia
Region: Barossa Valley
Vintage: 1996
Critic Score: Not Rated
Alcohol: 14.5%
Size: 750 ml
Drink by: Now
When Karl Cimicky retired in the '80s, his son Charles took over the business, completely refitted the winery and renamed from it Karlsburg to Charles Cimicky.
The Charles Cimicky Signature Shiraz is the baby brother of the Reserve Signature Shiraz. Cimicky produces rich, voluptuous, generous wines with superb balance. Apart from minor drip irrigation in January and February, the vines are dry grown, cover-cropped and organically fertilized.
About the winery
The Cimicky property was originally settled in Lyndoch in 1842 by early German pioneers. Karl Cimicky purchased the property in 1970, expanding the vineyards and building the imposing Tuscan-style winery, which he named Karlsburg. When Karl retired in the '80s, his son Charles Cimicky took over the business. The winery was completely refitted and, despite historically keeping an ultra-low profile, they produced a range of highly acclaimed red wines. In 2018 Charles and Jennie sold the business, and Sam Kurtz joined Cimicky as Chief Winemaker and Winery General Manager. Sam was born and raised in the Barossa Valley and he is the 6th generation of his family to work in the region.
South Australia
South Australian is responsible for more than half the production of all Australian wine. It is home to more than 900 wineries across 18 wine regions. The regions are Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Plains, Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Coonawarra, Currency Creek, Eden Valley, Kangaroo Island, Langhorne Creek, McLaren Vale, Mount Benson, Mount Gambier, Padthaway, Riverland, Robe, Southern Fleurieu, Southern Flinders Ranges and Wrattonbully.
Many of the well-known names in the South Australian wine industry established their first vineyards in the late 1830s and early 1840s. The first vines in McLaren Vale were planted at Reynella in 1839 and Penfold's established Magill Estate on the outskirts of Adelaide in 1844.
South Australia has a vast diversity in geography and climate which allows the State to be able to produce a range of grape varieties - from cool climate Riesling in the Clare and Eden Vallies to the big, full bodied Shiraz wines of the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. Two of Australia's best-known wines, Penfolds Grange and Henschke Hill of Grace, are produced here. There is much to discover in South Australia for the wine lover.