Sorby Adams Le Verrier Barossa Valley Shiraz 2020

A classic Barossa Shiraz from the fine, if firm, vintage of 2020. The wine spent two years maturing in French oak hogsheads, 30% new. Deep opaque purple in colour, the nose is redolent of smoked meats, warm earth, tobacco leaves, aniseed, dried herbs, chocolate and black fruits. This is quite a fleshy style of Shiraz, with well-integrated oak, which gives off a flicker of vanilla. Seamless, satiny tannins, excellent persistence and an exciting future. Ten to twenty years will sail by with this wine. Delicious.