Paracombe Shiraz 2018

From the Drogemuller Family’s unique plateau setting in the northern Adelaide Hills, this Shiraz comes with a solid display of rich, ripe fruit – blueberry and plum to the fore – French oak spice (after 20 months barrel maturation) along with a complete weave of dark chocolate and a mix of white and black pepper. Lots to take in here, with herbal notes suggestive of wintry gum forest also adding to the aromatics through nose and palate, while dark plum and cool mint echo in the finish. Great to see such a wine on release with so much time already invested to find its best drinking window – and plenty still up its sleeve.

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

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