ShirvingtonShirvington Shiraz

2002 Shirvington Shiraz

Shirvington

South Australia / Australia

Red

12x75cl	-	1 Immediate \| 0 Marketplace		£1,347.00
6x75cl	-	1 Immediate \| 0 Marketplace		£672.00

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“Chose the cup bearer and the wine. Drink. Sing like the starling or the nightingale". (Rudaki, Persian poet, 858-941 AD) Owner Darioush Khaledi is an extraordinary figure in today’s world of wine. Born and raised in the historical wine producing city of Shiraz in Iran, winemaking was instilled in him by his father at an early age. The historic city ...

ON November 2, 2018

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