Château Yaldara Icon Shiraz 2022

You can feel safe pouring this flagship wine, as it spills forth the brilliant crimson of well kept fruit. A litany of boysenberries, dark plums and wild guava, with a chorus of rich cedar oak that joins the fruit in harmony. Here you can smell the sweet tones of Jarrah hardwood, intermixed with brambly fruit and caramel coffee. Sweet red cherries and the crackle of dried leaves adds to the layers. A hint at orange oil on the finish. This is rich and opulent but with an edge of red fruit and firm acidity to keep it from being, in any way, heavy. Luscious oak plays into the gathered intensity of fruit well. This is made for scotch fillet, red wine jus and the creamiest mash imaginable.