Yalumba The Steeple Shiraz 2020

A brooding swathe of musty dark fruits and savoury spice lift from the glass. Dark cherry, graphite, blackberry, coal, black pepper, sea salt in dark chocolate and ground coffee to start, with toasted nuts and cedar beneath. Brooding, yes, but elegant, too. A full bodied palate coats the mouth with a creamy texture wrapping around mocha, black fruits, earth, dark chocolate and cedar wood before ribbons of assertive chalky, mocha-laced tannins pull it all into line and length. There’s loads of power here, a good kick of complexity, and weighty texture.