Gundog Estate Hilltops Shiraz No. 2 2024

2024 has proved to be an excellent vintage for the Hilltops region. The aim here was to highlight the savouriness and the spice that the region can offer. The result is a cracking wine and you will be hard pressed to find better value this year. Inky dark purple/maroon in colour, this is plush, dense and alluring. We have notes of plums, mulberries, dark chocolate and more on the nose. There is a note of black sapote, which for some reason seems largely unknown here. It hails from Central America and Cuba and is also called the black chocolate pudding fruit, understandably so.  Some consider it the best fruit in the world. It is wonderfully decadent, fitting for this wine. The wine is well balanced and so utterly seductive. There is very good length through to silky tannins and it should drink beautifully over the next six to ten years. Love it and what wonderful value it is.