Curtis Martins Vineyards Shiraz 2021

A treasure of a vintage brings together the black, blue and red fruit coupled with some lilac florals. This is the kind of wine you want to peer further into its depths with each sip. The richness of concentrated blackberries, hawthorn with a mulberry berry savoury quality. The palate is restrained, allowing the fruit to complement the brooding spice of tonka bean, cocoa and nigella seed that lingers on the finish. For all its ripe fruit, acidity is undulating and keeps the wine medium bodied with a ribbon of fine tannins intertwined. A beautiful wine that will continue to evolve in the cellar for another 5-6 years but on opening tonight, I would go for some slow roasted pork sliders.