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98
/ 100
James Halliday -
95
/ 100
Jeremy Oliver
Red
Classification
Shiraz
Variety
2013
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
Victoria, Beechworth
Region
14.0%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
98 / 100"Made with ultimate skill and respect for the strong sense of place this great wine invokes; Beechworth and shiraz are joined at the hip to an extent equalled only by shiraz and nebbiolo. The perfumed bouquet of violets and white pepper leads into a supple, silky medium-bodied palate with fruit, oak and tannins in ultimate harmony."
- James Halliday
95 / 100
"Stylish, linear and focused, this meaty, earthy shiraz has a wild, briary and musky bouquet of blackberries, dark plums and chocolate/cedar oak backed by notes of smoked meats, exotic spices and dried herbs. Fullish to medium in weight, its dark, palate-staining flavours of blackberries, cassis, dark plums and fresh cedary oak are wrapped around a fine, loose-knit spine of firmish, powdery tannins. Finished by a fresh, taut acidity, its perhaps reminiscent of fine Cornas."
- Jeremy Oliver
Tasting Notes
Totally opaque black dark purple colour with a deep dark purple hue. Perfumed aromas of dark plum, liquorice and black cherries are interwoven with subtle clove overtones followed by dried meats and black pepper. Medium bodied with a refined elegant mouthfeel the palate features flavours of dark plum and black cherries overlaid by smoky dried meat and clove like characters with a touch of liquorice also present and some spicy pepper on the finish. Very fine grained velvet like tannins. Long conclusion of spicy dark plum, black cherry, liquorice, smoky clove like characters and peppered dried meats. A cool climate Shiraz of great finesse, refinement and complexity.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity