Scarborough Keepers of the Flame Vineyard Selection Shiraz Tempranillo 2023
- 93
- $100
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Spiced plum, liquorice, bacon fat, dark cherry and black pepper. It’s rich but restrained. Time in the glass reveals a coal-like smokiness and some grilled meat. It’s attractive in its savoury complexity, with ample fruit to weave it together. The palate has power and breadth, bursting through the mouth with juicy blackberry, blood plum, dark cherry, smoke, bacon fat, subtle leather and black-pepper spice. The tannins are stacked and grainy, and there’s a push of acidity through the back palate to clean things up, though the mouth perfume is loaded with smoky, charry elements. There’s weight to this wine — it’s mighty and powerful, but the balance is there.
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.
