If you’re after a light Shiraz, this is not the red for you. It’s inky black and dripping with ripe blackberries, dark chocolate and liquorice underpinned by mocha and spice. The voluptuous, fleshy mouth-feel is laden with velvet smooth tannins and a long, dark chocolate, spicy mocha and vanillin oak aftertaste. If you’re keen to cellar, 4-5 years would do it justice. Perfect for your next barbecue or steak night.
Tasting Note
AromaA enchantingly fragrant nose of fresh macerated berries entwined with sweet vanillin, mixed spice, cedar and a hint of perfumed violets.
ClosureCork
GrapeShiraz
MaturationBarrel matured for 18 months in New and older French & American Hogsheads.
Oaked4
PalateApproachable, graceful palate of mulberry and blueberry compote, along with juicy plum driving the up front fleshiness which coalesce with a delightful melange of underlying notes of chocolate coated dark cherry, mint, toasty oak, spicy clove, earthy truffle and a hint of espresso. A solid backbone of supporting acidity extends these characters towards the wealth of mouth coating tannins, culminating in a soft, lingering raspberry licorice finish and a warming trace of black pepper.
VarietalV_SHIRAZ
VinificationFermentation in stainless static fermenters; letting the ferment warm itself to 28C; and then bringing it back to a nice cool long ferment of 10-14 days at 22C; retaining those pretty aromatics. Gently pressing the parcels off of skins through an airbag press. Wine sent to oak for malolactic fermentation and maturation.
RegionMcLaren Vale - SA
Region CodeDSAMCLAREN
Region Notes
StateS_SA
Subregion
WinemakerMarty O'Flaherty
Wine StyleRed (Full Bodied)
Sam Kim
0
95
2019/07/04
wineorbit.co.nz, 4 July, 2019
The wine is undeniably opulent and powerful, while remaining stylish and structured; lifted aroma of blackberry, blueberry compote, cocoa and cedary wood lead to a concentrated palate that is plush and flavoursome. It is mouthfilling and delicious with an impressively long velvety finish.
James Halliday
0
94
2018/08/12
Halliday Wine Companion 2019
From several vineyards in McLaren Vale, fermented in stainless steel, matured for 14 months in French and American hogsheads (20% new). Archetypal McLaren Vale shiraz, generous black fruits/berries with a constant quiet background of dark chocolate, rounded tannins and integrated oak.
James Halliday
0
94
2018/08/12
Halliday Wine Companion 2019
From several vineyards in McLaren Vale, fermented in stainless steel, matured for 14 months in French and American hogsheads (20% new). Archetypal McLaren Vale shiraz, generous black fruits/berries with a constant quiet background of dark chocolate, rounded tannins and integrated oak.
Sam Kim
0
95
2019/07/04
wineorbit.co.nz, 4 July, 2019
The wine is undeniably opulent and powerful, while remaining stylish and structured; lifted aroma of blackberry, blueberry compote, cocoa and cedary wood lead to a concentrated palate that is plush and flavoursome. It is mouthfilling and delicious with an impressively long velvety finish.
James Halliday
0
94
2018/08/12
Halliday Wine Companion 2019
From several vineyards in McLaren Vale, fermented in stainless steel, matured for 14 months in French and American hogsheads (20% new). Archetypal McLaren Vale shiraz, generous black fruits/berries with a constant quiet background of dark chocolate, rounded tannins and integrated oak.
Sam Kim
0
95
2019/07/04
wineorbit.co.nz, 4 July, 2019
The wine is undeniably opulent and powerful, while remaining stylish and structured; lifted aroma of blackberry, blueberry compote, cocoa and cedary wood lead to a concentrated palate that is plush and flavoursome. It is mouthfilling and delicious with an impressively long velvety finish.
