Burge Family Winemakers Draycott Cabernet Shiraz 2018

Bit of an old fashioned Aussie dry red here with powerful fruit and sweet oak plus structural tannins to provide a long aging style for fans of decadent oak. It opens with robust aromas of blackberry, licorice and tar with lashings of sweet toasted coconut oak. That oak then dominates the palate providing density but also plenty of chewy tannins with ripe jammy fruits sitting behind before quite a long finish. It is a big red and will be at its best with more time in the cellar.

Angus Hughson

Founder at Winepilot

Angus is an award-winning wine writer and the Founder and Publisher of Winepilot, the Australian Editor for leading international publication VINOUS with Antonio Galloni based in New York City and the Co-Publisher of The Australian Ark with over 15 years of publishing, writing and judging experience.

Critic and publisher