Pikes The EWP Shiraz 2023
- 94
- $65
- Drink by: 2026-2036
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A wine that expresses the terroir and regionality of Polish Hill River in the Clare Valley. The aroma is a mix of intense plum and blackcurrant, with even a little slightly mocha-like character. The palate is pure joy, with its seamless integration of fine, chalky tannins, some dusty oak, and some really nice plush black fruits. It sits comfortably on the palate with its smooth, supple texture, and extends with an effortless ease through to its finish. It’s a wine that will probably start to open up a little more as it ages.
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.
