Jack Estate Wrattonbully/Coonawarra Shiraz 2018

2018 has proved itself to be a legendary vintage across the Wrattonbully and Coonawarra regions. The blend is 90.3% Wrattonbully and the remaining 9.7% from Coonawarra. This wine spent time in American oak for maturation. It is quite astonishing value. Part of that must be attributed to the quality of the vintage perhaps, but it is a wine that is still offering so much and should do so for at least the next ten to fifteen years. At that time, this will look like one of the great bargains imaginable. The colour is an inky dark maroon. There is still some toasty oak evident but overall the integration has been exemplary. We do have some maturity but the wine is still fresh and alive. Early complexity is present and we have flavours of chocolate, mocha, licorice, blackberries, vanilla and bay leaves. The wine is of medium weight with decent length, finishing with fine tannins and a gentle flick of acidity. Really good buying.