Wynns V&A Lane Shiraz 2024
- 95
- $45
- Drink by: 2026-2033
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This is a wine that’s been designed to highlight a somewhat different aspect of Coonawarra Shiraz. It’s always picked a little earlier and therefore is somewhat lighter in body, with higher levels of florals, bringing an engaging combination to the nose. The palate is bursting with energy, displaying a strong sense of red fruits with cherry and raspberry, alongside some subtle dried spices. The tannins are distinctly linear. The oak, which is all older French puncheons, is harmoniously integrated. It’s a wine that sits comfortably in the medium-term cellaring zone. Most appealing 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.
