Claymore Dark Side of the Moon Shiraz 2022

The Pink Floyd album of the same name as this wine was a progressive music blockbuster, quite deep at times in its own style of story-telling. This Shiraz provides its own set of complexities: a smoky, charry, meaty layering in its aromatic greeting, dark roasted root veggies as well, while the fruit senses are mainly in the black cherry spectrum. Once tasted, there’s no escaping the darker fruit, high percentage cacao and obvious ground pepper notes. Give this some air-time for the wine to reveal the purity in its fruit expression, albeit dark-sided, as there’s plenty to appreciate now with a promise it will evolve successfully over the next 10 years. Excellent value.