Glen Eldon Twisted Trunk Reserve Shiraz 2024
- 96
- $200
- Drink by: 2026-2046
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The Twisted Trunk refers to the old vines that were planted in 1865, and to this day produce excellent, though tiny quantities of Shiraz. This one was made in pretty traditional ways with open fermentation, hand plunging, and then basket pressing. It’s all contributed to bringing out the generous and full, rich flavours, albeit to present with elegance and refinement. Rich plummy blackberry flavours. Touch of coffee grind and mocha. And some lovely spices and herbs. Sits so comfortably together now, but it does have plenty of cellaring potential.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
