Conte Estate Reserve Over the Hill Shiraz 2020

The grapes are sourced from a McLaren Vale vineyard planted way back in 1880. Maturation is in French oak barrels, a mix of new and older, for a year and a half. Under cork. An inky dark maroon hue here, this is tight, concentrated and still youthful. It gives the promise of much more to come. We have notes of black fruits, cloves, licorice, black olives, soy, cold tea and chocolate. There is ample evidence of the oak influence, which is well underway in the process of integration. A wine of good focus and a long, lingering finish with sleek tannins, it is still building. A future of at least a decade, over which time it will surely improve.