Scarborough Keepers of the Flame Vineyard Selection Shiraz 2023
- 95
- $100
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Restrained and poised from the outset. This is packed with bloody, iodine-like minerality, plum conserve, black pepper, black cherry, game and grilled meats. It’s the iodine-mineral note that brings the moreishness. The oak feels pared back here; it’s more about even, elegant fruit and mineral lift, with good savoury complexity in support. The palate is defined by lifted, concentrated fruit with lovely savoury shading — blood plum, dark cherry, black pepper, subtle leather and bloody meat. The tannins are firm and tight, adding shape, and there’s a good push of acidity through the finish that drives this to an intense and very long length. A very classy release.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
