K1 by Geoff Hardy Single Vineyard Shiraz 2019

Always pleasing to see a wine with some age on offer, especially when it is so well priced. Under Diam, the fruit comes from the K1 vineyard in the Adelaide Hills. Fermentation includes 20% whole bunches. Maturation was for a year and a half in French oak, 40% of it new. A gleaming cerise red, there is some toasty oak still evident, but it is in no way a detraction or distraction. The nose gives us aromas of plums, smoked meats, mushrooms, aniseed, chocolate and red cherries. The wine has serious power and focus and very good length, through to fine tannins. It should drink beautifully for ten to fifteen years and would be ideal with a rich stew or a very good steak.