Hare’s Chase Lepus Barossa Valley Shiraz 2020
- 94
- $178
- Drink by: 2024-2035
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Black as night and almost as impenetrable. Turned up to 11 in boldness in woodsy, toasty oak, liquorice, chocolate bullet confection, plum and blackberry, Christmas cake and supported by a big, wide world of spice. Chunky, savoury tannins work hard to provide the structure and control required and, for the most part, do a good job although there is a touch of alcohol heat to close. Still, a wine this big is a natural match for a big steak or protein hit and then the wine will come into its own.
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.
