Gundog Estate Canberra District Shiraz 2023

It is not unfair to suggest that if anyone mentions Shiraz and the Canberra region that Clonakilla immediately springs to mind, but there are a number of other producers also making superb examples, which are becoming better known every year. This is one of them. This is cool climate Shiraz at its best. After fermentation, the wine spends a year maturing in French oak puncheons. A very dark maroon colour here, the nose has entrancing aromas of plums, soy, spices, black fruits, well-handled oak, coffee grinds, hints of barbecued meats and beef stock. This is an appealing textural style of Shiraz, supple, and with good intensity through to a lingering finish which is more than littered with silky tannins. A ten year proposition.