Cape Barren Old Coach Road McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021

The fruit for this richly flavoured McLaren Vale Shiraz comes from a single vineyard, with vines in excess of 35 years of age, near Maslins Beach. From a superb vintage, the wine sees time in a combination of French and American hogsheads. The colour is magenta/purple. There is toasty oak evident, but it has integrated well and adds to the overall complexity of the wine. There are notes of mocha, cassis, chocolate, bay leaves and plums. The wine is ripe, rich and concentrated with bright acidity, sleek tannins and a lingering finish. A ten-year proposition which is already drinking beautifully.