RockBare McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020
- 88
- $25
- Drink by: 2022-2030
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This is a McLaren Vale shiraz of the old school, the one that dictates that the ripeness of the fruit should be more than matched by the input of the oak. A warm, rich, round shiraz, the kind that McLaren Vale made famous, is the result. It’s a rolling, free-wheeling bunch of ripe black berries, licorice, plum and sweet toasted oak. It’s upfront and obvious, which is not to suggest there isn’t structure, there is. It’s all to do, once again, with the role of oak; in this instance its associated tannins. With a touch of alcohol heat to close, this wine fills the mouth and falls easily into the easy-going Vale shiraz that many love.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
