Hare’s Chase Ironscraper Barossa Valley Shiraz 2021
- 93
- $35
- Drink by: 2024-2030
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Some super smart oak handling on this Barossa Shiraz allows the fruit to shine. And it’s some lovely fruit. Aromas cover the spectrum from violet, briar and bush scents through to a core of black berries, cherry, lifted nicely by black pepper and gentle spice. There’s a warmth and a richness, sure, but also on display is a peppery element that brings a brightness, a fresh zip to the wine. To taste, plum and black fruits shine, spice too, with background violet, sage. The spice is particularly enticing. Texture is inviting and smooth. A Barossa Shiraz with class.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
