Briar Ridge Hilltops Hillrose Shiraz 2022
- 92
- $65
- Drink by: 2023-2033
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Hillrose, a single vineyard on a plateau in the Hilltops region, is a new addition to the Briar Ridge wine family. There’s some lovely, expressive fruit on display here, aromatically keen. Super fragrant aromas of rose petal, florals, violet, sage, anise, blueberry and plum. Boasts the kind of cooler climate Shiraz characters that are so wonderfully spicy and lively. The palate is noticeably more solid, tight and structural with a firm tannin presence. Fruit is in the background still, tightly bound, waiting for more time to do a complete reveal. The finish is blunt and direct – this is one wine that will definitely reward further ageing.
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.
