-
97
/ 100
Sam Kim -
95
/ 100
Ned Goodwin MW, James Halliday's Wine Companion -
95
/ 100
Wine Advocate
Red
Classification
Shiraz
Variety
2018
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, McLaren Vale
Region
14.0%
Alcohol %
10-15 Years
Cellaring
Scores
97 / 100"This is breathtaking and flatteringly class, showing dark fruit richness on the nose with floral, cedar, clove and smoked nuances. It’s immensely concentrated offering outstanding depth and density with seamless mouthfeel and lavish texture, while remaining graceful and refined, finishing magnificently long and gratifying. At its best: 2024 to 2043."
- Sam Kim
95 / 100
"Super-premium shiraz postcode 101: judicious extraction conferring tannic prowess; presumably some whole-berry work imparting floral/iodine lift and a joyous pulpy mid palate; barrel-ferment smoked-meat aromas and a skein of pepper, tapenade and clove-doused freshness. This is a bumptious warm-climate shiraz that nevertheless boasts the aromatic synergy and structural latticework of an expression from somewhere cooler. Very good."
- Ned Goodwin MW, James Halliday's Wine Companion
95 / 100
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- Wine Advocate
Tasting Notes
Destemmed and crushed into 2 tonne open fermenters, with twice daily pump overs throughout ferment. Temperatures were kept cool, between 20 and 24o C to extract the tannin, colour and flavour very softly. After ferment, the wine was matured for 20 months in 85% new French, 5% New American and 10% Seasoned French Oak hogshead barrels, undergoing natural malolactic fermentation during this time. This Shiraz was made without finings and received only light filtration prior to bottling.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity