Head Wines ‘The Blonde’, Barossa Valley Shiraz 2024
G 94+
Deep crimson. Flinty blackberry, black olive aromas with graphite, dark chocolate notes. Inky-deep with saturated dark plum, blackberry pastille fruits, plentiful chalky textures and underlying savoury notes. Finishes chalky firm and minerally. A touch reductive, but should blow off with some air. Riebke Vineyard c1893 plantings. 2028–2042
Two Hands Wines Ares Shiraz 2021
G 94+
Deep crimson. Inky, blackberry, black cherry, graphite, hint polish aromas. Robust palate, black fruits, roasted chestnut, graphite and sweet baking spice flavours. Big structure with great torque and grippy, velveteen tannins. A polished wine, finishing claret firm. Now–2040 Agricola Flaxman Valley Shiraz 2024 G 94 Deep crimson. Redcurrant, strawberry, cherry liqueur aromas. Fresh strawberry, redcurrant, red cherry, chinotto flavours, chalky/leafy textures and integrated acidity. Very good volume and mineral length with sappy notes. Now–2028 Auld Family Wines The Outlook ‘Estate’ Shiraz 2024 G 94 Deep crimson. Lifted dark cherry, blackberry, chinotto aromas with hints of wax polish/herb garden. Supple and inky-textured with choco-berry fruits, slinky firm tannins and underlying graphite notes. Some roasted walnut, waxy notes at the finish. Now–2035 Auld Family Wines The Outlook ‘Reserve’ Shiraz 2024 G 94 Deep crimson. Attractive pure dark berry, chinotto aromas with roasted coffee notes. Generous and inky-deep with abundant dark cherry, blackberry pastille fruits, grainy/granular tannins and integrated mocha/roasted walnut notes. Finishes bittersweet and crispy. Now– 2038 Barossa Boy Lifeblood Shiraz 2018 G 94 Deep crimson. Ripe blackberry pastille, desiccated plum, dark chocolate aromas with vanilla notes. Deeply set blackberry, dark chocolate fruits with hint molasses/mocha notes, fine chocolaty textures, lovely mid- palate volume and underlying fresh acidity. Sturdy and voluminous with ultra ripe fruit and sinuous structure. (Cork) Now–2034
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