Mount Eyre Vineyards Three Ponds Hunter Valley Holman Shiraz 2014
- 91
- $75
- Drink by: 2023-2033
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An aged, nine-year-old Hunter shiraz which shows the confidence of the owners in not only the classic red grape of the Hunter but the region itself. We don’t see enough aged Hunter shiraz and are the lesser for it. What’s more, the 2014 vintage offered perfect ripening conditions and was considered one of the best in decades. So, what we see in the glass offers a glimpse into that perfection now exhibiting more savoury and developed notes than it probably did initially. Earth, leather, briar – very Hunter – combines with black fruits, woodsy spices in cassia bark and nutmeg with chocolate. Layers of smoky, toasty oak bring added complexity. Tannins keep things fresh and alive as it enters its first decade. It’s got time on its side and there could very well be a second decade in it yet.
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.
