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Curtis Gladiator McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021
- 91+
- $228
- Drink by: 2028-2040
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Fruit from 80-year-old vines, this is a wine that has seen plenty of care. Concentrated and compact on the nose, this needs coaxing in its youth to release a dark bramble of black fruit, deeply knitted spice and liquorice flecked molten cacao and coffee grindings. There’s plenty of oak, but it doesn’t oppress. The palate is in a similar vein; the robe is tightly knotted, with the fruit tightly bundled within. There’s some fruit sweetness peeking out, woven with inky spice and a little earthen bloodiness, but it’s pretty dense stuff on opening. The finish isn’t as prolonged as hoped, but there will be enjoyment coaxed out from within the Gladiator’s armour for those who appreciate this more old-school style Shiraz.