Peter Lehmann Black Queen Sparkling Shiraz

Peter Lehmann Black Queen Sparkling Shiraz

Peter Lehmann Black Queen Sparkling Shiraz – The Black Queen was named in honour of the most hauntingly famous Black Queen of all, The Queen of Sheba, who describes herself in the book of Solomon `I am black, (and) comely.` There can be no better description of this wine.

Peter Lehmann’s sparkling wines explore another dimension to the fruit from Barossa’s valley floor and the cool heights of Eden Valley. What began as an experimental application of méthode traditionnelle with old vine Barossa Shiraz in the early 1980s has expanded to become a family of limited release individual wines that are truly worth celebrating.

Sparkling Shiraz is a unique Australian wine style, and former Chief Winemaker Andrew Wigan was inspired to make a great sparkling wine from Barossa Shiraz in the 1980s. Often referred to as the ‘Jewel in our Crown,’ our Black Queen Sparkling Shiraz is a unique and indulgent wine crafted from premium vineyards in South Australia’s Barossa region. This regal sparkling wine boasts bold flavours and a fine, persistent and elegant bead.
Sourced from a single vineyard of Survivor vine Shiraz (planted 1928), grown by the Schmidt family in Light Pass

Peter Lehmann Black Queen Sparkling Shiraz – The ‘jewel in the crown,’ this unique and indulgent Sparkling red wine boasts naturally low tannins and rich in juicy blue fruit flavours, balanced by spice and a savoury finish.

This Sparkling Shiraz displays a red colour with a purple centre and fine persistent bead. The bouquet features stewed plums, black cherry and mocha with exotic spices and dark chocolate on the palate, with a long, savoury finish.
Fermented on skins for 7 to 10 days, pressed, clarified and matured for 12 months in older French oak hogsheads. The base wine was then bottle fermented and aged on its yeast lees for two years

Founded in 1979, Peter Lehmann Wines brings unmatched diversity, uniqueness and quality from more than 800 hand-tended vineyards across the length and breadth of all 14 Barossa sub-regions. The quality of Peter Lehmann Wines are a testament to their relationships, allowing them access to the region’s finest grapes. 

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Barossa is one of the only wine regions in Australia to have neighbouring warm and cool climate growing conditions. Barossa Valley enjoys a warm Mediterranean climate characterised by hot dry summers, relatively low rainfall and low humidity, providing perfect conditions for growing grapes. The lower Barossa floor is drier, warmer and is ideally suited to growing iconic full bodied Shiraz. The higher altitude Eden Valley region has a cooler climate with abundant winter rainfall. The soil in Eden Valley is rocky and acidic, with shallow rock and shale that creates world class Rieslings.
Peter Lehmann Wines works collaboratively with over 140 growers across the length and breadth of the region, many of whom have been involved with the Peter Lehmann story for decades. Through these strong bonds and generations of working with the region’s finest grape-growers, Peter Lehmann Wines continues to craft a range of premium wines that speak of their origins.

Peter Lehmann Black Queen Sparkling Shiraz