Monterra Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018

Share

In the context of the Monterra portfolio, this Barossa shiraz says a lot about regional and district  influences compared to its other McLaren Vale shiraz variations. This is from a vineyard in the foothills district of Angaston and shows quite distinctive site characters in its overriding black cherry fruit feels, nose to tail. It’s fleshy, medium to full bodied, with subtle sweet kitchen spices adding flavour lift plus a peppery note in the finish. In drinkability terms, it’s got a lot going for it.  

Tony Love
Journalist at Winepilot

Tony is best known for his 10 years as News Corp’s National Wine Writer, with weekly columns in major metropolitan mastheads throughout Australia including The Adelaide Advertiser, The Sydney Daily Telegraph and the Melbourne Herald Sun. He continues to write feature articles and columns for all the major Australian wine media publications. Tony has also worked as a restaurant reviewer, section editor, book editor, digital content provider, journalism teacher and was named Wine Communicators of Australia 2018 Legend of the Vine (SA). Find out more about Tony at tonylove.com.au

Wine writingwine critic
Pilot
Date
Variety: Red Wine, Shiraz