2007 Blue Eyed Boy

A truly remarkable Shiraz. This powerful yet extremely smooth and aromatic wine fills your mouth with lovely ripe, sweet fruit. It will amaze you with its unctuous texture and silky tannins. Janet (Sparky’s Mom) describes it as ‘Joy in a bottle’.

Marquis Fruit Weight:
75-80%

Reviews: Wine Spectator - 92 points
'This has a hot black pepper streak running through the meaty cherry, dense plum and spice flavors, persisting on the round, supple finish. Drink now through 2014.' – Harvey Steiman, www.winespectator.com  

Wine Advocate: featured alongside bottle image.

The 2007 Blue Eyed Boy Shiraz wins Best Red Wine in Show by audience choice at Denmark's Nordsjællands Gourmet – og Vinfestival!

Label: The Blue Eyed Boy on the label is Sarah and Sparky's son, Luke.

Vineyards:
The grapes for the 2007 BLue Eyed Boy came from the Longbottom vineyard in Padthaway, the Belladaren vineyard in Langhorne Creek, and the Dry Creek vineyard in McLaren Vale.

The Longbottom vineyard in Padthaway is owned by Scott & Cheryl Longbottom who have been with us for over ten years. Scott & Cheryl are very successful farmers growing broad acre and onion crops as well as managing hundreds of acres of vines. Cheryl personally supervises the training of all young vines and the straight trunks of all of the vines in their vineyards are a testimony to her attention to detail. The fruit from these cooler climate vineyards has a beautiful lifted perfume character which extends the flavour profile of Mollydooker wines.

The Belladaren vineyard in Langhorne Creek is owned by Darren & Belinda Joppich who are some of the most innovative farmers in the area. Langhorne Creek borders Lake Alexandrina and last century, most of the trees in the area were chopped down and used to fuel the paddlesteamers that used to ply the waters. Darren was one of the first to plant salt bush on the eroded paddocks and turned disaster into success. You should taste his saltbush lamb! Darren and Belinda have also installed a desalination plant on their property so that they can go on watering their vines according to the Marquis Vineyard Watering Program™.

The Dry Creek vineyard is in the Sellicks Hill area of McLaren Vale and is owned and managed by Darryl, Neville & Jan Kirwin. The Kirwin family have years of grape growing experience in the Riverland area of South Australia and moved to McLaren Vale to follow their dream of producing grapes which would make quality wine. Their two 5 acre Shiraz blocks have 8 watering zones each, making them the most complex vineyards that we manage under our watering program. Darryl looks after the block and we reckon that he knows every vine personally!

Our first release was the 2006 vintage which was rated 96 points by The Wine Advocate and 92 points by The Wine Spectator.

Drink:
Now – 2019. We recommend the ‘Mollydooker Shake’ whilst the wine is young.

Pairs with:
We think our wines go best with good friends!