d’Arenberg The Solipsistic Snollygoster Single Vineyard Shiraz 2013
G 95
1898 vines. Medium deep colour. Classic blackcurrant, vanilla, espresso aromas with tobacco leaf notes. Very sweet blackcurrant, blackberry, dark cherry, mocha, fine minerally ferruginous tannins, very good mid-palate richness and underlying marzipan/ espresso notes. Finishes muscular firm. 14.5% alc Ox Hardy Ancestor Vine Shiraz 2013 G 96 1891 vines. Medium deep crimson. Intense dark chocolate dark berry aromas with wax polish notes. Generously concentrated choco- berry, chinotto flavours, hint aniseed notes, fine gravelly textures and underlying roasted almond/ marzipan/ wax polish complexity with a hint of amontillado. Finishes claret/ rusty firm and minerally. 14% alc Richard Hamilton Centurion Old Vine Shiraz 2013 1892 vines. Medium deep crimson. Lifted blackberry, roasted walnut/ chestnut aromas with dark chocolate herb garden notes with a hint of aniseed. Inky wine with plentiful blackberry, mulberry fruits, some cedary/ chocolaty tannins. Claret firm with ferruginous finish. 14.5% alc d’Arenberg The Solipsistic Snollygoster Single Vineyard Shiraz 2012 G 94 1898 vines. Deep colour. Classic iodine, dark chocolate, blackberry pastille aromas with mocha notes. Richly concentrated wine with ample blackberry dark chocolate, espresso flavours, fine loose knit chocolaty/ bitter sweet tannins and underlying chinotto complexity. Finishes firm with fresh long mineral notes. 14.5% alc 94 points Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2012 G 95 1892 vines. Medium deep crimson. Dark chocolate, dark berry, praline with earthy/ peaty ferruginous notes. Fresh concentrated dark chocolate/praline, blackberry fruits, chocolaty firm/ touch muscular tannins and underlying marzipan, roasted chestnut complexity. Finishes firm and minerally with hints of peppercorn. 14.7 % alc G 94
McLaren Vale
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