Schild Estate Ben Schild Cellar Release Shiraz 2017

This comes from the Three Springs property in the Barossa Valley near Rowland Flat. It was open fermented and matured in a mix of French, American and Hungarian oak for 18 months. The aromas show a slightly spicy, plummy, blackberry combination, with liberal dark chocolate nuances and a slightly liqueur cherry richness. The palate is silky smooth and seamlessly structured, with fine tannins and oak sitting harmoniously within the opulent fruit concentration. It’s eight years old now and has hardly started to move on its journey. A wine with excellent cellaring potential, but such is its balance and poise, it’s drinking wonderfully now.