Angove McLaren Vale Shiraz 2022
- 93
- $28
- Drink by: 2025-2030
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A fighting Shiraz if ever there was one, hitting well above its price point and bringing some trad Vale generosity of flavour to the glass. Smooth, textural and well-integrated in oak, there is a natural harmony in the ripe blackberry, black cherry and plum fruits accompanied by gentle anise, chocolate and woody spices. Highlights the region’s plushness and overall easy-going assuredness with Shiraz, with an introduced layer of red fruits and spice and a nice spread of tannin lifting towards the finish. Tasted this wine over three days and it remained remarkably fresh throughout. A big thumbs up.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
