St Johns Brook Shiraz 2023

It has been said many times, but Margaret River Shiraz still hides in the shadow of its more famous sibling, Cabernet Sauvignon. This is a good, extremely well priced wine to try, if you are keen to see what it can offer. A maroon purple colour here, the nose gives us mulberries, miso, raspberries, black fruits, soy, black cherries and graphite. This is vibrant and bold and there are the vestiges of some vanillin oak still evident but integrating well. A wine of energy and direction with fine if slightly firm tannins, there is good length here and a lingering finish. Enjoy over the next six to eight years.