Peter Lehmann Stonewell Shiraz 2018

The most premium offering in the Peter Lehmann stable. Lifted aromas of vanilla bean and cracked cardamom pod unfold into mulberry and boysenberry before descending into cut leather, earthy liquorice root, black tea, coal and ground coffee. A good swirl of the glass brings it all together making for solid complexity. The palate is full bodied and sapid with a creamy texture. Blackberry, brown spice, mulberry, leather and mocha notes burst through the mouth before an integrated swathe of graphite tannins frame it all to a finish of long length. Leather and earth in the mouth perfume. There’s class here in balancing a darkly fruited and bitter profile with lift and poise. A food wine of course, singing with the likes of char-grilled steak and mushroom sauce.