DC Shaw Shiraz 2022
- 94
- $55
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Green peppercorn sits above vibrant blackberry to start, before black tea, graphite, mocha, tilled earth, pan juices and gentle menthol emerge with air. Lovely depth, restraint, and complexity to draw you into the glass. A medium bodied palate, with a cooling mineral feel to lift and cut the rich dark fruit and spice-led profile – blackberry, black pepper, black tea, earth. Drying mocha-laced tannins assert themselves on a burst of fruit before the acid kicks and buoys the fruit notes through the palate. The light and shade balance here is excellent. This is ‘dappled’, dare I say. A perfumed, complex, and classy cool climate Shiraz calling out for an eye fillet.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
