Wirra Wirra House Block Shiraz 2022
- 98
- $150
- Drink by: 2026-2051
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This was such a good vintage in McLaren Vale and, in fact, throughout South Australia, so it’s little wonder a wine of this class and quality has been produced. This comes off the Wirra Wirra estate on a vineyard that was planted back in 1960 and is today farmed along biodynamic principles. This is just beautiful. It was hand plunged, basket pressed and then went into French barriques and puncheons. The aromas have a lovely cherry, blackberry and lightly plummy combination. While the palate is almost succulent with its richness and density, it displays hugely concentrated flavours with a compote of dark fruits, a plummy prune-like richness, a little dark chocolate and a fine spiciness. It’s vibrant, it’s alive and it’s thoroughly joyous to drink. Super wine.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
