Curtis Family Vineyards Martins Vineyard Limited Shiraz 2021

This is an impressive Shiraz from this very good year. It’s a rich and concentrated wine of tremendous intensity and fruit concentration. It was basket pressed into French oak, where it stayed for more than 36 months, so it’s had plenty of oak, and yet the fruit has slurped it up, so it retains an ideal balance. It’s multi-layered with ripe red fruits, dark chocolate and spices all swirling through an intense palate with that plush, plump middle palate sweetness finishing dry and defined. Excellent wine.