Vinaceous Voodoo Moon Malbec 2023

Always great names and fabulous labels from these guys, not to mention cracking value wines. This is an almost equal blend of fruit from Frankland River and Margaret River (a fraction more of the former). The final wine sees ten months maturation in French oak barriques. An inky dark maroon colour here, the nose exhibits notes of chocolate and cloves, dried herbs, dark berries and tobacco leaves. There is concentration and intensity – it is no shrinking violet. Firm grip here – a wine one of our cricket commentators might dub the ‘parade of power’. The palate sees the emergence of more mulberry notes. A persistent finish, with balance and very fine tannins, this is a wine for enjoying over the next six to eight years.