Taylors Jaraman Shiraz 2022

A delicious, refreshing style of Shiraz from the Clare Valley (72%) and McLaren Vale (28%). The wine spent fifteen months in a mix of new and older American oak hogsheads. Inky purple, the nose gives us notes of cherries, coffee grinds, plums, chocolate, mocha, cassis and blackberries. Hints of beefstock and licorice, the oak integration provides a flick of vanilla. With depth, this is richly flavoured carried by very good length. A lovely wine – seamless, supple, dense and generous with good extraction. Love it. Six to eight years ahead, at least, although utterly delicious already.