Kinsfolk by Mitchell Shiraz 2015
- 95
- $40
- Drink by: 2020 - 2030
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There is a changing of the guard at Mitchell Wines with a new generation running things and a new brand – Kinsfolk by Mitchell Wines – which says so much more about the move than any official announcement.
Kinsfolk represents the Mitchell family, past and present.
The 2015 shiraz is very much about the present, an interpretation of the Clare Valley’s great red grape by the three Mitchell children, Angus, Edwina and Hilary.
Sourced from the “Skilly” hills, it’s a youthful five-year-old still running fresh and vibrant, all but oblivious to time.
So much to take in with a blackberry, briar, high spice intensity first up.
The regional trademark, eucalyptus, can be found meshed between savoury, sweet fruit.
Sturdy with a core of lively bitter chocolate, red licorice, dark berries and toasty vanilla oak in full harmony.
Still tight and focused, it’s settling in for the long haul.
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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.
