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This is a supreme example of McLaren Vale Shiraz from an outstanding season. The fruit comes off very low yielding vines between 40 and 80 years old. Despite the power and intensity of the largely spicy blue fruit, the wine was aged for just 12 months in French oak of which only 20% was new. It’s smooth and succulent with rich fruit intensity displaying a very subtle leathery influence.
A blend of 64% Mataro and 33% Grenache starts with intriguing iron and blood characters, followed by dark cocoa, blue plums, black cherries, and poached
I love it when a Syrah opens with glossy blue and black fruits; it shows me we are already on the right track. Of course,
A lick of dried lavender and rosemary signals a little whole-bunch work that is well integrated into the core of the wine at this point.
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