Thorn Clarke Shotfire Collectors Heritage Edition Barossa Shiraz 2021

The team have dipped into the past to provide stocks of one of their favourite wines, from what just might be the best vintage of the century. If you missed out first time, jump on board now. It still represents excellent value. Maturation is in a mix of American barrels and hogsheads, 40% of the hogsheads new. Maturation is for a period of fourteen months. An opaque maroon, the extra time in the cellar has ensured an absolutely gorgeous nose, plush and generous, soft and approachable. We have notes of chocolate, mocha, cassis, blackberries, licorice and coffee beans. There is good intensity throughout, including a fine line of acidity running the full journey. A wine chock full of everything. There is exceptional length here and the wine will continue to provide pleasure for at least another fifteen years.