Tasting Note
Aroma
ClosureScrewcap
GrapeShiraz/Syrah
MaturationTo minimise filtration at bottling, four rack-and-returns were conducted over fifteen months as the wine seasoned in a mixture of Burgundy-coopered barrels.
Oaked0
PalateThis Shiraz shows the characters this vineyard has displayed since the start, but perhaps in a more elegant, harmonious and balanced form. Its consistency is comforting and reassuring, buttressed by blue and black fruit notes throughout.
VarietalV_SHIRAZ
VinificationAfter the hand-picked Shiraz clusters were delivered from high country (210-230 metres) by Viticulturer Michael Lane, Winemaker Charlie Seppelt destemmed and sorted the berries into open fermenters. The cold soak was four days, the skins plunged three times daily, and the minimum time on skins was eighteen days. The wine was then basket pressed; its free run and pressings kept separate.
RegionMcLaren Vale - SA
Region CodeDSAMCLAREN
Region Notes
StateSA
Subregion
WinemakerChris Carpenter, Charlie Seppelt
Wine StyleRed (Full Bodied)
Gary Walsh
0
95
2017/10/17
The Wine Front, 17 October 2017
Violet, tobacco and earth, black fruits and a little pepper. Full bodied, fleshy and flavoursome, with a juicy core of black and blue fruit, a wonderful chompy set of tannin, balanced acidity, and a succulent and savoury finish of considerable length. Here’s a wine! Took me about one minute to form the opinion that it’s an absolute beauty. That tannin on the finish, too. Yes.
Lisa Perotti-Brown
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94
2017/09/04
The Wine Advocate, 05 September 2017
Deep garnet-purple, the 2015 Brooks Road Shiraz has a beautiful
fragrance of ripe cherries, mulberries, potpourri, lavender and
cinnamon stick with hints of licorice and garrigue. Medium to fullbodied,
the palate has bags of vitality, with fresh, juicy
blackberries and peppery nuances, contrasted by ripe, rounded
tannins. It finishes long and peppery.
James Halliday
0
96
2017/03/08
James Halliday Wine Companion 2018, August 2017
In a word, breathtaking. Yes it's powerful, richly flavoured and full-bodied but the angel is in the detail. Black-crimson-purple same as the fruit notes within flecked with bay leaves, dark chocolate with cinnamon spice. The oak is neatly tucked in, the tannins plump and slightly grainy with exceptional length. (Jane Faulkner)
James Halliday
0
96
2017/03/08
James Halliday Wine Companion 2018, August 2017
In a word, breathtaking. Yes it's powerful, richly flavoured and full-bodied but the angel is in the detail. Black-crimson-purple same as the fruit notes within flecked with bay leaves, dark chocolate with cinnamon spice. The oak is neatly tucked in, the tannins plump and slightly grainy with exceptional length. (Jane Faulkner)
