Wildflower Shiraz 2018

The nose here is awesome.  Bright and vibrant: a combo of juicy jubes, summer florals and bucketloads of berries and enough spice to make this a very tempting proposition indeed.  The palate is alive with aforementioned characters, and it is propped up by a spice structure that makes it more about the tannins and mouthfeel than the fruit. 

A wine of three parts: the beginning, right as it pours into your mouth, the full gamut of flavour is accessible to you.  The mid-palate – where the fruit turns off and the structure and spice turns on.  The finish, where it all comes together: this is where it departs and leaves a lingering memory of a little bit of this and a little bit of that. A quick decant will bring this together for you in no time flat. Blue-Gold at the Sydney International Wine Comp 2019, a Silver at Royal Adelaide and Royal Melbourne Wine Shows 2019.

Erin Larkin

Erin Larkin is an independent wine writer based in Perth, Western Australia. She is a contributor to The Wine Companion magazine, Gourmet Traveller Wine, The Post and previously weekly columnist for The Western Suburbs Weekly newspaper, writer for the Liquor Barons Group plus wine segment host for 6PR. Erin has judged at wine shows, and is a judge for the Australian Wine List of the Year Awards, and China Wine List of the Year Awards, both since 2014. On top of writing and judging, Erin regularly hosts wine events, consults on wine lists and helps wine collectors to manage their wine collections. FInd out more at www.erinlarkin.com.au