Sorby Adams The Thing Shiraz Eden Valley and Barossa Valley 2019

Under cork, and a monster bottle, this is big in every way. Big bottle, big aromas on the nose, big colour and especially big flavours (and yes, a big price). So, it seems entirely appropriate that it should deserve a big score. An inky, opaque maroon here, this nose seems saturated in aromatic flavours – coffee beans, espresso, dark chocolate, black fruits, mocha, licorice, soy and cloves. Big in every way! The more time in glass, the more the chocolatey notes emerged on the nose. Rich and ripe, that chocolate dominated the palate as well – a wine that seems like molten chocolate. Fine and silky tannins, great intensity and immaculate balance, this is very, very long. Just delicious and I loved it. A twenty year proposition.