Hardys HRB Shiraz 2018
- 92
- $35
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The HRB range (Heritage Reserve Bin) is a display in the art of blending regions within a varietal spectrum, here a trio of sources – McLaren Vale, Adelaide Hills and Frankland River – all of which give their best in such a team effort. Rich and concentrated in style with crimson to black fruits and dark chocolate licorice bullets driving the flavours, though redder fruits do have an occasional burst of energy in the mouth. There’s a note of ground pepper too, courtesy of its two cooler regions, and a suggestion of darker baking spices which also help to give a sense of dusting in the texturals, tannins drying in the finish. A solid expression.
Tony is best known for his 10 years as News Corp’s National Wine Writer, with weekly columns in major metropolitan mastheads throughout Australia including The Adelaide Advertiser, The Sydney Daily Telegraph and the Melbourne Herald Sun. He continues to write feature articles and columns for all the major Australian wine media publications. Tony has also worked as a restaurant reviewer, section editor, book editor, digital content provider, journalism teacher and was named Wine Communicators of Australia 2018 Legend of the Vine (SA). Find out more about Tony at tonylove.com.au
