Mount Langi Ghiran Hollows Shiraz 2023
- 93
- $30
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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As the name suggests, this was sourced from the Hollows Vineyard, part of Mount Langi Ghiran. It’s a typical example of a cool-climate Shiraz with its elegance and medium weight contributing to a stylish expression of the variety. The colour is a deep crimson with luminous purple hues. The nose has a suggestion of ironstone, but with some nice black cherry and subtle savoury notes combining. The palate is neatly integrated, with a small percentage of new oak used as part of the 15-month barrel maturation period. The ferment included whole berry and whole bunch, which has contributed to both its structure and brightness and vibrancy on the palate. Has a lovely chalky finish that completes an excellent wine.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
