Henschke Tappa Pass Vineyard Selection Shiraz 2021
- 94
- $125
- Drink by: 2023-2038
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A meeting of parcels of old vine Shiraz (up to 70 years old) grown in the Eden Valley and the Barossa Valley. It’s a wonderful blend of complimentary flavours, combining the high-altitude fineness and pepper of Eden Valley with the warm generosity and richness of Barossa Valley fruit. Red berries and black fruits combine joined by floral intensity in lifted roses with chocolate aromas and dusty cocoa powder. The palate unfurls, rich, layered and complex. Spice steps up, fruit intensifies and 18 months maturation in new and seasoned French oak presents a well-integrated whole. Everything is bright and focused from go to whoa, finishing just a little warm. A wine that meets the need for immediate enjoyment but also for further ageing – a win, win!
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.
