Springs Road Kangaroo Island Shiraz 2022

Wonderful to see wines from Kangaroo Island after those devastating bushfires and let’s hope that they get the support they deserve. The wine spends a year in French oak maturing, around 30% new. The colour here is a very dark, inky purple/maroon. The nose offers notes of chocolate, licorice, plums, florals, mocha and coffee beans. This is rich, exuberant and even a little decadent. The structure is seamless, concentrated, rich and powerful, with serious length. It lingers with persistence, with soft tannins evident. The palate sees the emergence of juicy blackberries and cocoa powder. Quite delicious. A ten year proposition.