Barton Rise and Barton View Old Vine Shiraz 2018

The 2018 vintage seemed to produce great wine wherever you went. This wine shows all the benefits of keeping those old Barossa vines active. The colour is deep with dark, inky black red notes. On the nose, it surprisingly shows more bright red fruits with notes of raspberry merging with more typical blackberry nuances. Dark chocolate, mocha, savoury plum, and a slightly rustic, earthy nuance bring complexity and rich intensity to the palate. It expresses the fruit with a degree of elegance and restraint, losing nothing in the power of the fruit. It’s already showing a layered complexity and has many years ahead of it as it evolves into something special.