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| Location: |
The Mclaren Vale wine region is one of Australia’s first wine producing areas. Its boundaries to the west are the waters of St Vincents Gulf, east are Clarendon and the Mount Bold reserve, north is Reynella and finally to the south are the Sellicks Hill Range |
| Climate: |
The summers are warm and the winters moderate. Relative humidity is low and evaporation is relatively high. |
| MJT: |
22c |
| AR: |
580-700mm |
| GR: |
185mm |
| ASH: |
1765 |
| Soil: |
Soils are of a wide variety, from terra rossa, red brown earths and dark cracking soils. The vineyards have controlled watering with drip irrigation, which allows good control of moisture in the earth. |
Duane Coates has expanded his winemaking training with vintages in Burgundy with Chateau Demessey, the Rhone Valley with Domaine Francois Villard and the Douro Valley with the Fladgate Partnership. Exposure to European wines and winemaking has given Duane a broad perspective and appreciation of techniques and wines styles. Duane holds a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Oenology from The University of Adelaide. Coates Wines aims to bring together the best in Australian and European winemaking styles, to bridge the gap between the fruit-driven Australian style and the structured, complex wines of Old World Europe. The 2004 Coates Shiraz is unmistakably Australian, Shiraz and McLaren Vale, but shows an extra dimension of personality when compared to many of fruit and oak driven styles that find favor in the marketplace.
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