E & E Black Pepper 2002 Vintage New Release
New vintage of one of Australia’s most acclaimed wines released

Gonzales, Calif. – Barossa Valley Estate has released the 2002 vintage of one of Australia’s most lauded wines—the E & E Black Pepper Shiraz. Held as a benchmark of Barossa Valley Shiraz, the E & E Black Pepper Shiraz represents the pinnacle of what Australia has to offer lovers and collectors of great red wine.

“We’re extremely proud of our E & E Black Pepper Shiraz,” says Winemaker Stuart Bourne. “The success year-after-year of this wine is really a credit to the many talented growers and to the exceptional fruit with which I have the privilege to work. This is especially true of the 2002 vintage, as the fruit was outstanding and it is truly one of the best vintages we’ve ever made."

Barossa Valley Estate is unique to the Australian winemaking world in that it is a 50/50 joint venture between a grape grower cooperative and a corporation—Hardy Wine Company. This unique partnership, with the growers as stakeholders in the winery, encourages them to provide the very best fruit possible. The fruit for the E & E Black Pepper Shiraz is traditionally sourced from low-cropped vineyards, where the average vine age is around 60 years old. Fruit is carefully selected from these old, gnarled, low-yielding vines, giving fruit of exceptional concentration, character, elegance, and finesse.

Named after two of the founding German growers, Elmore Raehr and Elmore Shultz, the E & E Black Pepper Shiraz is a wine of powerful yet elegant character, rich peppery Shiraz flavors and oak complexity. The 2002 E & E Black Pepper Shiraz is available nationally for a suggested retail price of $85.

Previous vintages of E & E Black Pepper Shiraz have been well received by United States critics and consumers: Wine Enthusiast named the 1998 vintage the best Shiraz in the world, Wine Spectator has given the wine an average score of 94 points since the 1995 vintage, and ranked the 1996 alongside Penfolds Grange and Henchke’s Hill of Grace. The 2002 vintage is no exception, having recently scored 97 points from Wine Spectator, the highest score yet earned by an Australian wine this vintage.

Barossa Valley Estate is imported by Pacific Wine Partners, a Constellation Wines U.S. company and a leading producer of premium California wines and importer of wines from Australia and New Zealand. Constellation Wines U.S. is part of Constellation Wines, the world's largest wine business, an operating division of Constellation Brands, Inc. (NYSE: STZ and STZ.B) ("CBI"). Constellation Wines U.S. encompasses three of CBI's U.S. wine
businesses: Canandaigua Wine Company, Pacific Wine Partners, and North Lake Wines. Pacific Wine Partners produces several top California brands including Blackstone, Black Box, Rex Goliath and Hayman and Hill and is the U.S. importer for Banrock Station, Hardys, Leasingham, Barossa Valley Estate, Yarra Burn, Starvedog Lane, Brookland Valley, and Chateau Reynella from Australia and Nobilo from New Zealand.

Price: Php 5,050/ per bottle

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